Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin 2009, Zersenay ya zama mutum na biyu (bayan Paul Tergat) don lashe lambobin gasar zakarun duniya guda uku a kan nau'o'i uku daban-daban a cikin shekara guda, ya lashe
Gwal na tagulla na Duniya, mita 10,000 na Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a kan hanya, da zinare a kan hanya a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya na Marathon. Ya kasance sanannen sanannen jama'a a kasarsa; Baƙi 2500 sun halarci bikin aurensa ga Merhawit Solomon, wanda aka watsa kai tsaye a gidan talabijin na Eritrea. Dan uwansa, Kidane Tadese, shi ma kwararren mai tseren nesa ne.