Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau ia i te taone nui o Maychew, Tigray, a ko tana taitara tuatahi o te ao i puta i te
1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships i reira i runga ia i te paepae 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 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.