Kammala wannan jumla: Babban gasa ta farko da ta wakilci Habasha ita ce
1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, inda ta gama 38th gaba ɗaya yana da shekara goma sha shida. Ta inganta zuwa matsayi na 20 a shekarar 2001 na taron, yana taimakawa matan Habasha zuwa lambar tagulla ta tawagar sakamakon haka. A shekara mai zuwa a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2002 IAAF ta kammala ta goma kuma ta dauki lambar zinare a gasar kungiya tare da Habasha. Ta dawo gasar tseren rabin Marathon ta Duniya a 2003, amma ba ta maimaita nasarar da ta samu ba, ta gama a matsayi na 21 da na huɗu gaba ɗaya tare da ƙungiyar mata. Ofaya daga cikin nasarorin da ta fara samu a tseren hanya shine a Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale a 2003, inda ta gama rabin marathon a cikin 1:10:07.