Asha Gigi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Asha Gigi

Ethiopian marathon runner

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1973

Place of Birth: Arsi Province, Ethiopia

Profession: long-distance runner, marathon runner

Nationality: Ethiopia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Asha Gigi Roba (born 15 October 1973 in Arsi) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon.
Her personal best of 2:26:05 hours was set in 2004 at the Paris Marathon, where she came second.
She represented Ethiopia in the event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the World Championships in Athletics (2003 and 2005).
She has won the Toronto Waterfront Marathon and the Florence Marathon. In her early career in the 1990s she won team medals with Ethiopia at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the World Road Relay Championships.