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At the world event he finished in 21st position, helping the Ethiopian men"s team (including Gebregziabher Gebremariam, Abera Kuma and Hunegnaw Mesfin) to the bronze medal.
At the world event he finished in 21st position, helping the Ethiopian men"s team (including Gebregziabher Gebremariam, Abera Kuma and Hunegnaw Mesfin) to the bronze medal.
He first came to prominence in 2010, which began with a successful cross country season. and then took a surprise victory at the January Meda Cross Country, which served as the national selection event for the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He returned to France the following week and made his marathon debut, finishing as runner-up at the Marathon De Louisiana Rochelle with a time of 2:10:25 hours. He was also the runner-up at the Prague Half Marathon three weeks later.
He claimed his first national title on the track at the 40th Ethiopian Athletics Championships, defeating Dino Sefer in the 10,000 metres.
He ran at the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale and was leading mid-race but stopped short after mistaking a timing mat for the finish line. Upon realising his error, he began running again but the stoppage had allowed Atsede Tsegay to take the lead and he ended up in second place.
At the 2012 RAK Half Marathon he started the race slowly but increased his pace in the second half to finish as runner-up to Denis Kipruto Koech. 10K - 27:43 minutes (2010)
Half marathon - 59:39 minutes (2011)
Marathon - 2:07:12 hours (2014).