Gaisah moved to the Netherlands in 2001 and currently lives and trains in Rotterdam. He competes for P.A.C. Rotterdam.
In 2005 jumped a personal best 8.34 metres to win the silver medal at the World Championships in Helsinki, finishing behind Dwight Phillips. On 2 February 2006, in Stockholm he leaped to an African indoor record that also won him the gold medal in this event by jumping 8.36 metres.[1] He continued his good form to win the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships a month later with a jump of 8.30 metres, followed quickly by the 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medal with a jump of 8.20 metres.
At the 2006 African Championships in Athletics Gaisah won the gold medal with an 8.51 m jump, beating Cheikh Touré's African record of 8.46 metres from 1997, but as the tail wind was too strong (+3.7 m/s) the result could not become a new record.[2] Since July 2013 Gaisah officially competes for the Netherlands after gaining his Dutch passport.[3]
ignisious, gaisah, born, july, 1983, ghanaian, born, athlete, competing, long, jump, netherlands, gaisah, 2013, world, championshipspersonal, informationnationalitydutchborn, 1983, july, 1983, kumasi, ghanaheight1, weight75, sportcountrynetherlandssporttrack, . Ignisious Gaisah born 20 July 1983 is a Ghanaian born athlete competing in the long jump for the Netherlands Ignisious GaisahGaisah at the 2013 World ChampionshipsPersonal informationNationalityDutchBorn 1983 07 20 20 July 1983 age 40 Kumasi GhanaHeight1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Weight75 kg 165 lb SportCountryNetherlandsSportTrack and fieldEventLong jumpClubglobal sports communicationsAchievements and titlesHighest world rankingThirdPersonal bestLong jump 0 8 43 m NRMedal record Men s athletics Representing Ghana World Championships 2005 Helsinki Long jump World Indoor Championships 2006 Moscow Long jump Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Long jump 2010 Delhi Long jump All Africa Games 2003 Abuja Long jump 2011 Maputo Long jump African Championships 2006 Bambous Long jump 2012 Porto Novo Long jump Representing Netherlands World Championships 2013 Moscow Long jump European Championships 2016 Amsterdam Long jump Contents 1 Career 2 Competition record 3 References 4 External linksCareer editGaisah moved to the Netherlands in 2001 and currently lives and trains in Rotterdam He competes for P A C Rotterdam In 2005 jumped a personal best 8 34 metres to win the silver medal at the World Championships in Helsinki finishing behind Dwight Phillips On 2 February 2006 in Stockholm he leaped to an African indoor record that also won him the gold medal in this event by jumping 8 36 metres 1 He continued his good form to win the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships a month later with a jump of 8 30 metres followed quickly by the 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medal with a jump of 8 20 metres At the 2006 African Championships in Athletics Gaisah won the gold medal with an 8 51 m jump beating Cheikh Toure s African record of 8 46 metres from 1997 but as the tail wind was too strong 3 7 m s the result could not become a new record 2 Since July 2013 Gaisah officially competes for the Netherlands after gaining his Dutch passport 3 Competition record editYear Competition Venue Position Notes Representing nbsp Ghana 2003 World Championships Paris France 4th 8 13 m All Africa Games Abuja Nigeria 1st 8 30 m 2004 Olympic Games Athens Greece 6th 8 24 m 2005 World Championships Helsinki Finland 2nd 8 34 m 2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow Russia 1st 8 30 m Commonwealth Games Melbourne Australia 1st 8 20 m African Championships Bambous Mauritius 1st 8 51 m w 2007 All Africa Games Algiers Algeria 6th q 7 80 m 2010 World Indoor Championships Doha Qatar 7th 7 81 m African Championships Nairobi Kenya 11th q 7 54 m Commonwealth Games Delhi India 3rd 8 12 m 2011 World Championships Daegu South Korea 17th q 7 92 m All Africa Games Maputo Mozambique 2nd 7 86 m 2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul Turkey 7th 7 86 m African Championships Porto Novo Benin 3rd 7 73 m Olympic Games London United Kingdom 18th q 7 79 m Representing nbsp Netherlands 2013 World Championships Moscow Russia 2nd 8 29 m 2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot Poland 10th q 7 99 m European Championships Zurich Switzerland 6th 8 08 m 2015 World Championships Beijing China 22nd q 7 77 m 2016 European Championships Amsterdam Netherlands 3rd 7 93 mReferences edit Area Indoor Records Men Africa IAAF org Bekele and Gaisah victorious two titles for Egypt African Champs Day One Iaaf org 10 August 2006 Retrieved 19 January 2013 Breaking News Long jumper Ignisious Gaisah completes Holland switch Allsports Ghana s Premier Sports News Source 9 July 2013 Archived from the original on 13 July 2013 Retrieved 10 July 2013 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ignisious Gaisah Ignisious Gaisah at World Athletics nbsp Ignisious Gaisah at Diamond League nbsp Ignisious Gaisah at European Athletics Ignisious Gaisah at the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation at the Wayback Machine archived 17 June 2016 in Dutch Ignisious Gaisah at Olympedia nbsp Ignisious Gaisah at Olympics com Ignisious Gaisah at the Commonwealth Games Federation archived nbsp Ignisious Gaisah at TeamNL archive in Dutch Ignisious Gaisah on Facebook nbsp Awards Preceded byChurandy Martina Men s Dutch Athlete of the Year2013 Succeeded byEelco Sintnicolaas Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ignisious Gaisah amp oldid 1209504603, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
