Ka cika wannan jumla: Aikin Garcia a wasan motsa jiki ya soma ne sa'ad da ya kusan shekara talatin. Ya fara zama sananne tare da lambar zinare a cikin mita 5000 a Wasannin Bahar Rum a Bari a 1997. A shekara mai zuwa ya gama 19th a cikin gajeren tseren a
1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships sannan kuma ya gama 49th a cikin 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. A cikin 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ya yi tseren tsere mai tsawo kuma ya zo na 29. Ya kasa samun cancanta a wasan karshe na mita 5000 a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1999 da kuma wasannin Olympics na 2000, amma sai ya zo na hudu a mita 5000 a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2001 kuma a shekara mai zuwa ya zama zakaran Turai na mita 5000 a gasar zakarun Turai ta 2002.