Fatuma Roba
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This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Fatuma, and not as Roba.
Fatuma Roba (Amharic: ፋጡማ ሮባ; born 18 December 1973) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, best known for being the first African woman to win a gold medal in the women's Olympic marathon race, at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and for winning three successive Boston Marathons.
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Born | (1973-12-18) December 18, 1973 (age 50) Bekoji, Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||
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