representing ethiopia's commercial bank team, she came third at the jan meda cross country in february 2011 and earned herself a spot for the ethiopian world team. at the 2011 iaaf world cross country championships, she came tenth in the women's senior race and took a share in the team silver medal alongside meselech melkamu, wude ayalew and genzebe dibaba. turning to the track, she won the 10,000 metres title at the ethiopian athletics championships. she then set a personal best of 31:17.80 minutes for that event at the golden spike ostrava meet and placed third at the world 10k bangalore behind dire tune and merima mohammed. she was selected for the ethiopian team at the 2011 world championships in athletics, but ultimately did not compete.