Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau ia i te taone nui o Maychew, Tigray, ana ko tana taitara tuatahi o te ao i tae mai i te 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships i reira ia i runga i te papa i te whakataetae rangatahi. I tiimata tana whakataetae Orimipia i a ia e taiohi ana, ka whitu i te whakamutunga 5000 mita i nga Orimipia o Sydney i te tau 2000. I wikitoria ia i te 2002 Great Ethiopian Run, a ko ia te tuarua i te whakataetae poto i te
Ko te 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.