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Gezahegne Abera, a Common card
Gezahegne Abera is an Ethiopian athlete and winner of the marathon race at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 47
- DEF
- 16
- Power
- 63
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,700
Power 63 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Gezahegne Abera quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gezahegne Abera card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
That earned him a place in the ______ 1999 World Championships team, where he finished eleventh.
Answer
Ethiopian. That earned him a place in the Ethiopian 1999 World Championships team, where he finished eleventh. From the Gezahegne Abera article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Gezahegne Abera is an Ethiopian athlete and winner of the marathon race at the ____ Summer Olympics.
Answer
2000s. Gezahegne Abera is an Ethiopian athlete and winner of the marathon race at the 2000 Summer Olympics. From the Gezahegne Abera article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hemu Adhikari. Hemu Adhikari 50 · Gezahegne Abera 47 · Apricot brandy 41 · Kyay oh 38 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Born in Etya, Arsi Province, Gezahegne's first international competition was the 1999 Los Angeles Marathon, where he finished fourth, behind three Kenyans.
- That earned him a place in the Ethiopian 1999 World Championships team, where he finished eleventh.
- Later in the 1999 season, Gezahegne won his first international marathon, finishing first at Fukuoka marathon in Japan.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gezahegne Abera article was read about 5,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 47 and blocks with 16: each hit it takes is cut by 6 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gezahegne Abera (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Photo by Jay Jacob Wind, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

