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. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting Addis Ababa (in red). ... Although marathon sometimes refers to any athletic event requiring great endurance, more specifically it refers to a long-distance track event of 42,195 m (26 miles and 385 yards). ... Athletics Medal Winners at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics See also Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games 1996 Summer Olympics Categories: | | ... The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29. ...
Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... In athletics, a half marathon is a race of 21. ... Although marathon sometimes refers to any athletic event requiring great endurance, more specifically it refers to a long-distance track event of 42,195 m (26 miles and 385 yards). ...
FatumaRoba was the first African woman to win an Olympic marathon.
Roba ran her first marathon in 1993, and by the end of 1995, her personal best stood at 2hr 35min 25sec.
Despite these improvements in her times, Roba entered the Olympic Games marathon in Atlanta on 28 July ranked only 29th on best times amongst the competitors, and was not considered a serious threat.
Roba started running in her elementary school in the Arsi region that was once home also to Derartu Tulu and Haile Gebrselassie, 10,000-meter Olympic gold-medalists in 1992 and 1996 respectively.
FatumaRoba was the fourth of eight children of subsistence farmers living in the rural countryside outside Bukeji, Derartu Tulu's hometown.
Roba began winning 100-meter and 200-meter races and was chosen to represent her school in regional competitions.
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