Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whanau mai ia i te rohe o Tigray, ko tana wheako tuatahi mo te whakataetae a-ao i te IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Ko te wahi tuarua i roto i nga whakataetae a motu (i muri i a Tessema Abshiro) i kowhiria ia mo te whakataetae rangatahi i te 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
i Lausanne, ā, i mutu ia i te tūranga tuaiwa. I te tau 2004, i oma ia i te Great Ethiopian Run, i mutu i te tuawaru i te 10 km, a ko ia te tuarua i te 10,000 mita i nga whakataetae taone nui o Addis Ababa.