Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ ya n'obodo Maychew, Tigray, na aha mbụ ya nke mba ụwa bịara na 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ebe ọ nọ n'elu ikpo okwu n'ọsọ ndị na-eto eto. O mere egwuregwu Olympic mbụ ya mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na ụma wee bụrụ onye nke asaa na ngwụcha 5000 m na 2000 Sydney Olympics. O meriri n'afọ 2002 na Great Ethiopian Run ma bụrụ onye nke abụọ n'ọsọ dị mkpirikpi na
2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.