Gashaw Asfaw Melese ( Amharic: ጋሻው አስፋው; born 26 September 1978) is an Ethiopian

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. Ashaw won the silver medal at the

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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

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. In the

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his personal best time is 1:02:35 hours, achieved in September 2006 in

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* 1978 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Paris Marathon male winners African Games silver medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub