Ignisious Gaisah (born July 20, 1983) is a Ghanaian-born athlete competing in the long jump for the Netherlands. 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 February 2, 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 References External links 1983 births Living people Ghanaian male long jumpers Dutch male long jumpers Ghanaian emigrants to the Netherlands Olympic athletes of Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Ghana Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Ghana Athletes from Rotterdam World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands World Athletics Championships athletes for Ghana European Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics African Games gold medalists for Ghana African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games World Athletics Indoor Championships winners IAAF Continental Cup winners People from Kumasi Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games