Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ ya n'obodo akụkọ ihe mere eme nke 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 na 2002 Great Ethiopian Run ma bụrụ onye nke abụọ na ọsọ dị mkpirikpi na 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.