Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roba Negousse

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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn per HEY. (non-admin closure)‎ InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 02:51, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Roba Negousse[edit]

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Unable to find SIGCOV, and the claim on him being the first Ethiopian Olympic sprinter is uncited. Never won a medal InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 00:18, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Olympics, and Ethiopia. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 00:18, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Did compete at Ethiopia's first Olympics (see [1] and [2]), so the claim is technically correct. Notability is a different matter, however. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:45, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Some coverage from this source (translated):

In seventh place, and therefore last, in this heat came the Ethiopian Neggousse Roba , who had also participated, again in the 100 metres, in the Melbourne Games, also finishing last in the second heat of the first round.
Why do we care about Neggousse Roba, 11.0 sprinter?
We would like to remember him because, once his competitive activity was over, Neggousse began his career as a coach and in this capacity achieved glory and fame that had been denied him by his less than excellent skills as a sprinter. Neggousse stopped competing after the Rome Games and immediately began taking care of compatriot Abebe Bikila whom he guided to a second marathon gold medal in Tokyo. He was also a valuable guide and coach to two other cross-country greats, Mamo Wolde and Miruts Yifter .

BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:51, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Aha! Negousse seems to be better known by the name "Negussie Roba" and is considered one of the greatest coaches in his country's history: MEDIAEthiopa has an article here on him that calls him the "sensational national coach [who] is widely acknowledged as the man behind the success of every Ethiopian long-distance runner from the Mexico City Olympics all the way to the Moscow Olympics in 1980" and notes that "Ethiopia will always remember this fine coach for the pride he brought to his people." The Sydney Morning Herald also has an article that is arguably significant coverage and there appears to be plenty of other mentions of him in modern media, and this is all without access to newspapers of the time in his country. Will expand the article. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:22, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- I have substantially expanded the article to be over 500 words; @InvadingInvader: would you be willing to withdraw this nomination? BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:39, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.