Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife ta ne a garin Maychew na tarihi, Tigray, kuma taken ta na farko na kasa da kasa ya zo ne a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1999 na IAAF
inda ta hau kan podium a tseren matasa. Ta fara gasar wasannin Olympics ne tun tana matashiya kuma ta zo ta bakwai a wasan karshe na mita 5000 a wasannin Olympics na Sydney na 2000. Ta lashe Gasar Gasar Habasha ta 2002 kuma ta zama ta biyu a cikin gajeren tsere a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2002 ta IAAF.