Michael Aish
Michael Aish (born July 24, 1976 in New Plymouth ) is a New Zealand long-distance runner .
Career
At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney he started over 10,000 m , but was eliminated in the preliminary run. Over the same distance, he finished eighth at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. At the World Athletics Championships in 2003 in Paris / Saint-Denis, he did not reach the finish line in the 10,000 m heat.
In 2004 he became national champion over 10,000 m. At the Olympic Games in Athens he was eliminated over 5000 m in the preliminary run.
In 2005 he came eleventh at Grandma's Marathon and 13th at the Fukuoka Marathon in 2006 . At the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne , he finished seventh over 10,000m, and the following year he finished 18th at the 2007 World Cup in Osaka over the same distance.
In 2008 he won the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon , in which he was sixth the following year. In the marathon of the World Cup in Berlin , he did not reach the goal.
Michael Aish is 1.75 m tall and weighs 60 kg. The graduate of the Western State College of Colorado is trained by Nic Bideau, first started for the sporting goods company Nike and then belonged to the Strands team. He lives in Gunnison ( Colorado ) with his wife, the American long-distance runner Nicole Aish (née Jefferson ).
Personal bests
open air
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3000 meter run : 7: 52.26 min on June 7, 2003 in Palo Alto
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5000 meter run : 13: 22.64 min on April 19, 2002 in Walnut
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10,000 meter run : 27: 46.37 min on April 29, 2007 in Palo Alto
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Half marathon : 1:03:24 h on September 18, 2005 in Philadelphia
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Marathon : 2:13:21 h on January 13, 2008 in Tempe
Hall
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Mile run : 4: 02.96 min on February 9, 2002 in Indianapolis
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3000 meter run : 7: 50.65 min on February 1, 2003 in Boston
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5000 meter run : 13: 44.27 min on March 10, 2001 in Boston
Web links
- Michael Aish in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Murray Taylor : Michael Aish - Distance (5000 m / 10,000 m / marathon) . Atheletics New Zealand February 22, 2008, archived from the original October 16, 2008 ; accessed on May 22, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
- Peter Gambaccini : A Brief Chat With Michael Aish . Runner's World , May 9, 2007, archived from the original on June 13, 2007 ; accessed on May 22, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF: Aish, Zekiros take Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon wins ( Memento of 17 January 2008 at the Internet Archive ). January 14, 2008
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Aish, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Plymouth , New Zealand |