Fatuma Roba
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women’s Athletics | |||
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| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Marathon | |
Fatuma Roba (born December 18, 1973) is a long-distance runner from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia most known for winning a gold medal in the marathon race at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She finished fourth at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics.
[edit] Personal bests
- 10000m - 32:25 (2000)
- Half-marathon - 1:09:01 (2001)
- Marathon - 2:23:21 (1998)
[edit] External links
| Olympic champions in women's marathon |
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| 1984: Joan Benoit | 1988: Rosa Mota | 1992: Valentina Yegorova | 1996: Fatuma Roba | 2000: Naoko Takahashi | 2004: Mizuki Noguchi |
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