Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau mai ia i te rohe o Tigray, ko tana wheako tuatahi mo te whakataetae ao i te IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Ko te tūranga tuarua i ngā whakataetae ā-motu (i muri i a Tessema Abshiro) i tohu i a ia mō te whakataetae rangatahi i te
2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships i Lausanne, a ka mutu ia i te 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.