Asha Gigi

Asha Gigi (born 15 October 1973, the region Arsi ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.

At the World Cross Country Championships in 1994 in Budapest, she finished 19th place and won with the Ethiopian team silver. In 1998, she came at the World Half Marathon Championships in Uster in 19th place in 2002 they ran at the World Half Marathon Championships in Brussels on the 17th place and was the 10,000 - meter race track and Africa Championships in Radès fourth.

In 2003, she was fifth at the Rock 'n ' Roll Marathon and finished the marathon in the world championships in Paris on the 19th Place. The following year she was tenth in the Osaka Women's Marathon, won the Ribarroja -del- Turia Half Marathon and was second in the Paris Marathon.

In 2005, she was third, respectively in the Lisbon Half Marathon and in Paris and ran at the World Championships in Helsinki on the 16th Place. In 2006, she finished seventh in Paris and Fourth at the Berlin Marathon. After a fourth place in Paris in 2007 she succeeded at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon their first victory: with 2:33:16 hours they put a new course record.

In 2008, she finished sixth in the Dubai Marathon, won the Prague Half Marathon and was third in each case the Hamburg Marathon and Toronto. Followed in 2009, an eleventh place in Dubai.

2011 you get to a sixth place at the Xiamen marathon and a second place at the half-marathon of the Paderborn Easter Run victories at the Gutenberg Marathon and the Florence Marathon. In 2012 she finished fourth at the Daegu Marathon.

Personal Best

  • 5000 m: 15:25,26 min, May 27, 1996 Hengelo
  • 10,000 m: 31:48,31 min, June 7, 2003, Palo Alto
  • Half Marathon: 1:10:27 h, August 14, 2005, Helsinki
  • Marathon: 2:26:05 h, April 4, 2004, Paris
October 15 Arsi Province Long-distance running 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2002 African Championships in Athletics 2005 World Championships in Athletics Berlin-Marathon Dubai-Marathon Hamburg-Marathon Xiamen International Marathon Daegu-Marathon 5000 metres Palo Alto, California
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