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Atlanta 1996 Olympics
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Fatuma Roba wins the women's Olympics marathon title finishing in 2:26.05. |
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Boston Marathon 1997
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Fatuma Roba ends German Uta Pippig's three-year reign as the women's champion with her breathtaking performance winning the gold medal. It was Roba's first Boston and the first time an African woman won the race. Her time is 2:26:23. Fatuma then bested her own record in the two subsequent Boston marathons to become the second women in the world to win three consecutive marathon tiles. |
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Sydney 2000 Olympics
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Ethiopian athletes return home setting the country's ranking to 1st in Africa and 20th in the world, having won 4 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals. Gezahgne Abera kept the Ethiopian marathon tradition crossing the finish line in 2: 10: 11 to win the gold medal. . |
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The 2004 IAAF Cross Country World Championships, Brussels
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Ethiopian athletes win four Gold, five Silver and another five Bronze medals in the event with Kenenisa Bekele winning two of the four gold medals to become a double champion of this years Cross Country Championships. |
| Athens 2004 Olympics |
Ethiopian athletes win seven medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters. Kenenissa Bekele takes the 10,000m title off Haile Gebreselassie. |
