Faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - Na fanau i le Itumalo o Tigray, na ia maua lona muamua poto masani i tauvaga faʻavaomalo i le IAAF World Cross Country Championships. O lona tulaga lua i le siamupini a le atunuu (i tua atu o Tessema Abshiro) o lona uiga na filifilia o ia mo le tuuga a le autalavou i le 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
i Lausanne, ma na faaiʻuina o ia i le tulaga lona iva. I le 2004, na tamoʻe ai o ia i le Great Ethiopian Run, ma faʻaiʻu lona valu i le 10 km, ma lona lua i le 10,000 mita i le Addis Ababa municipal championships.