Ignisious Gaisah (born 20 July 1983) is a

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

ian-born athlete competing in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

for the

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Career

Gaisah moved to the Netherlands in 2001 and currently lives and trains in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

. 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 Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

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 The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was held in Moscow from March 10 to March 12, 2006 in the Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena), Olimpiyski Sport are ...

a month later with a jump of 8.30 metres, followed quickly by the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an International sport, international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Melbourne ...

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.

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* * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaisah, Ignisious 1983 births African Games gold medalists for Ghana African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes from Rotterdam Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Ghana Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Ghana Dutch male long jumpers European Athletics Championships medalists Ghanaian emigrants to the Netherlands Ghanaian male long jumpers IAAF Continental Cup winners Living people Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes for Ghana Sportspeople from Kumasi World Athletics Championships athletes for Ghana World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships winners 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics