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 Representing 2002Venice MarathonVenice, Italy8thMarathon2:15:172003Dubai Marathon Dubai, United Arab Emirates2ndMarathon2:10:40Rome MarathonRome, Italy9thMarathon2:13:52All-Africa GamesAbuja, Nigeria 2ndMarathon2:26:082004Dubai Marathon Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1stMarathon2:12:49Paris MarathonParis, France4thMarathon2:10:36Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany8thMarathon2:09:472005Mumbai MarathonMumbai, India3rdMarathon2:13:59Paris MarathonParis, France3rdMarathon2:09:24JTBC Seoul MarathonSeoul, Korea2ndMarathon2:09:312006Mumbai MarathonMumbai, India5thMarathon2:14:19Paris Marathon Paris, France 1stMarathon2:08:032007Mumbai MarathonMumbai, India2ndMarathon2:12:32Paris MarathonParis, France2ndMarathon2:09:53World Championships Osaka, Japan14thMarathon2:20:582008Dubai MarathonDubai, United Arab Emirates9thMarathon2:12:03Boston MarathonBoston, United States4thMarathon2:10:47Olympic GamesBeijing, China7thMarathon2:10:52Shanghai International MarathonShanghai, China1stMarathon2:09:282009Dubai MarathonDubai, United Arab Emirates4thMarathon2:10:59Boston MarathonBoston, United States6thMarathon2:10:44Toronto Waterfront MarathonToronto, Canada3rdMarathon2:09:23Shanghai International MarathonShanghai, China1stMarathon2:10:102010Boston MarathonBoston, United States6thMarathon2:10:53Toronto Waterfront MarathonToronto, Canada5thMarathon2:08:55Shanghai International MarathonShanghai, China1stMarathon2:11:362011Daegu MarathonDaegu, South Korea8thMarathon2:11:34Košice Peace MarathonKošice, Slovakia5thMarathon2:15:112012Rock 'n' Roll San Diego MarathonSan Diego, United States7thMarathon2:12:56Rennes Le Marathon VertRennes, France2ndMarathon2:09:472013Ottawa MarathonOttawa, Canada3rdMarathon2:10:24Taiyuan International MarathonTaiyuan, China7thMarathon2:14:08
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