Roba Gari (

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: ሮባ ጋር; born 12 April 1982) is an Ethiopian runner, who specializes in the

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. 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

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in May 2012 in

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* 1982 births Living people Ethiopian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Ethiopian male steeplechase runners African Games silver medalists for Ethiopia African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub