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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Puerto Rico
Discography
- Jet privado2009
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- Works
- 1
- Cited by
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Research areas
RefugeePolitical scienceDevelopment economicsLawEconomics
Most cited works
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,391x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,093x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,650x
- Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 3,861x
- Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2023 · cited 3,767x
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Quotes
- “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 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 knew of 1960 Olympic marathon winner Abebe Bikila and 1968 winner Mamo Wolde from the radio, so I thought I’d try it, too.”
- “They thought I should be doing women things.”
- “I do not really want to be famous,But it's nice to be among the renowned athletes.”
- “I am hoping to make history, I feel like I have made good preparation.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1973-12-18 ) December 18, 1973 (age 52) , Bekoji , Ethiopia
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 49
- Height
- 160
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- date of birth
- 1970-12-18
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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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1973 births20th-century Ethiopian sportswomen21st-century Ethiopian sportswomenAthletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer OlympicsAthletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer OlympicsBoston Marathon women winnersEthiopian women long-distance runnersEthiopian women marathon runnersLiving peopleMedalists at the 1996 Summer OlympicsOlympic athletes for EthiopiaOlympic gold medalists for EthiopiaOlympic gold medalists in athletics