I've been told there is a big hill, but I didn't see it. - Fatuma Roba

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I've been told there is a big hill, but I didn't see it.

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Fatuma Roba (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 Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and for winning three successive Boston Marathons.

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I knew I would be the Olympic Champion. I was running and the others were looking backwards, so I understood that they were tired, when for me the pace was easy. It was nice, because I could run strong and enjoy.

I am hoping to make history, I feel like I have made good preparation.

I really did not get any encouragement from anyone, but I pushed on because I liked to run. I made my first national team in 1988.

I've been told there is a big hill, but I didn't see it. - Fatuma Roba

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