Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - I whanau ia i Etiopia, a i tohu ano hoki ia mo Qatar i mua, i raro i te ingoa Rashid Khaled Jamal. I whakataetae ia i te marathon Olympic 2000
, engari kaore i oti te whakataetae. I muri mai ka rere ki Ahitereiria. I tona whenua hou i toa ia i te 2004 Gold Coast Marathon.