Career
Axumawit made her first major appearances in 2012. She was runner-up in the 800 m at the Ethiopian junior championships and ended up seventh at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, recording a personal best of 4:12.92 minutes. She switched to the 1500 metres for the 2013 season and performed well on the European circuit.
She ran a best of 4:09.11 minutes at the Extra Large Galan indoors to place second and had a string of runner-up placings outdoors at the Bislett Games, Folksam Grand Prix and the Kirkwall Baptist Church Night of Athletics (she set a personal best of 4:0516 minutes at the latter event).
Top three placings at the Social Democratic Party Bank Meeting and Weltklasse in Karlsruhe at the start of the next year brought her a place on the team for the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 1500 metres event.