Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Aibva kuBale Province, kuEthiopia, akatanga kufarira kumhanya pashure pokuona mumwe wake Haile Gebrselassie achikunda Paul Tergat kuti akunde ndarama kumaOlympics ekuSydney muna 2000. Akatanga kukwikwidza munyika yake pazera remakore gumi nematanhatu uye akahwina menduru yesirivheri yemamita zviuru zvitatu pa2005 World Youth Championships muAthletics, achipedzisa kumashure kwemumwe wake Abreham Cherkos. MunaNovember iyeye akakwikwidza kuGreat Ethiopian Run uye akapedza wechina, achiisa 10 km mugwagwa wakanakisa we28: 45.99. Gore rakatevera racho akatora nzvimbo yechishanu munhangemutange yevaduku pa
2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, achibatsira vechidiki veEthiopia, vaitungamirirwa naTariku Bekele, kuhwina menduru yesirivheri yechikwata. Kubudirira panhandare yakatevera nguva pfupi mushure mekunge akunda zita reEthiopia mumamita zviuru gumi, achikunda Tadesse Tola, ndokuzohwina goridhe muchiitiko ichi pa2006 World Junior Championships muAthletics. Akatora chikamu mumamita zviuru gumi paChirangaridzo van Damme muBrussels uye aive wechina mumunda wepamusoro, achiisa nyika yevechidiki yakanakisa ye27: 02.81 mukuita.