Gashaw Asfaw

Gashaw Asfaw Melese

Personal information
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(1978-09-26) 26 September 1978
Sport
Sport	Long-distance running

Gashaw Asfaw Melese (Amharic: ጋሻው አስፋው; born 26 September 1978) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

Ashaw won the silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and finished fourteenth in the marathon at the 2007 World Championships. He has also participated in the 2005 edition, but did not finish the race.

His personal best marathon time is 2:08:03 hours, achieved in April 2006 in the Paris Marathon. In the half marathon his personal best time is 1:02:35 hours, achieved in September 2006 in Lille.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ethiopia
2002	Venice Marathon	Venice, Italy	8th	Marathon	2:15:17
2003	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	2nd	Marathon	2:10:40
	Rome Marathon	Rome, Italy	9th	Marathon	2:13:52
	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	2nd	Marathon	2:26:08
2004	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	1st	Marathon	2:12:49
	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	4th	Marathon	2:10:36
	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	8th	Marathon	2:09:47
2005	Mumbai Marathon	Mumbai, India	3rd	Marathon	2:13:59
	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	3rd	Marathon	2:09:24
	JTBC Seoul Marathon	Seoul, Korea	2nd	Marathon	2:09:31
2006	Mumbai Marathon	Mumbai, India	5th	Marathon	2:14:19
	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	1st	Marathon	2:08:03
2007	Mumbai Marathon	Mumbai, India	2nd	Marathon	2:12:32
	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	2nd	Marathon	2:09:53
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	14th	Marathon	2:20:58
2008	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	9th	Marathon	2:12:03
	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	4th	Marathon	2:10:47
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	7th	Marathon	2:10:52
	Shanghai International Marathon	Shanghai, China	1st	Marathon	2:09:28
2009	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	4th	Marathon	2:10:59
	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	6th	Marathon	2:10:44
	Toronto Waterfront Marathon	Toronto, Canada	3rd	Marathon	2:09:23
	Shanghai International Marathon	Shanghai, China	1st	Marathon	2:10:10
2010	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	6th	Marathon	2:10:53
	Toronto Waterfront Marathon	Toronto, Canada	5th	Marathon	2:08:55
	Shanghai International Marathon	Shanghai, China	1st	Marathon	2:11:36
2011	Daegu Marathon	Daegu, South Korea	8th	Marathon	2:11:34
	Košice Peace Marathon	Košice, Slovakia	5th	Marathon	2:15:11
2012	Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon	San Diego, United States	7th	Marathon	2:12:56
	Rennes Le Marathon Vert	Rennes, France	2nd	Marathon	2:09:47
2013	Ottawa Marathon	Ottawa, Canada	3rd	Marathon	2:10:24
	Taiyuan International Marathon	Taiyuan, China	7th	Marathon	2:14:08

External links

• Gashaw Asfaw at World Athletics