Ignisious Gaisah

Ignisious Gaisah (born 20 July 1983) is a Ghanaian-born athlete competing in the long jump for the Netherlands.

Ignisious Gaisah

Gaisah at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1983-07-20) 20 July 1983 Kumasi, Ghana
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Track and field
Event	Long jump
Club	global sports communications
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	Third
Personal best	Long jump: 08.43 m NR
Medal 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

Career

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. 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. Since July 2013 Gaisah officially competes for the Netherlands after gaining his Dutch passport.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing 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 Netherlands
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	2nd	8.29 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	10th (q)	7.99 m
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	6th	8.08 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	22nd (q)	7.77 m
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	3rd	7.93 m

External links

• Ignisious Gaisah at World Athletics
• Ignisious Gaisah at Diamond League
• 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
• Ignisious Gaisah at Olympics.com
• Ignisious Gaisah at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Ignisious Gaisah at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
• Ignisious Gaisah on Facebook