Fatuma Roba

Fatuma Roba (born December 18, 1973) is an Ethiopian long distance runner from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, most known for being the first African woman to win a gold medal in the women's Olympic marathon race at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. She finished fourth at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics.

Fatuma also won three straight Boston Marathons from 1997–1999, earning her the nickname "Our Lady of Boston".^[1] The three-time Boston champion narrowly missed a fourth straight title in 2000, coming in third in the closest finish in race history.^[2] She also won the Rome City Marathon in 1996, the Portugal Half Marathon in 2001 and the Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon in 2004. She was the 10,000 metres bronze medallist at the 1993 African Championships in Athletics.

Personal bests

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ethiopia
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	16th (h)	3000m	9:26.63
1992	World Half Marathon Championships	Newcastle, United Kingdom	6th	Half marathon	1:10:28
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	19th	Marathon	2:39:27
1996	Rome City Marathon	Rome, Italy	1st	Marathon	2:29:05
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	1st	Marathon	2:26:05
1997	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	1st	Marathon	2:26:23
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	—	Marathon	DNF
1998	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	1st	Marathon	2:23:21
1999	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	1st	Marathon	2:23:25
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	Marathon	2:28:04
2000	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	3rd	Marathon	2:26:27
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	9th	Marathon	2:27:38
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	13th	Marathon	2:31:10
2004	Nagano Marathon	Nagano, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:28:05

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