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Roba Gari

Ethiopian athletics competitor (born 1982)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ891704 ↗
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Roba Gari (Amharic: ሮባ ጋር; born 12 April 1982) is an Ethiopian runner, who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

He finished tenth at the 2007 World Championships, in his major international debut.

His personal best time is 8:06.16 minutes, achieved at the IAAF Diamond League in May 2012 in Doha.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982, 2007, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982-04-12. The account is most persuasive where Roba, Gari and Ethiopian can be independently traced.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q891704. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982, 2007 and 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “Roba Gari” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.