Career
At the age of only seventeen, Million Wolde competed in the 1996 World Junior Championships in Sydney, finishing sixth in the 3000 m steeplechase. On the road, Wolde represented Ethiopia in the 1998 World Road Relay Championships at Manaus, Brazil. Ethiopia eventually finished second to Kenya, after Wolde had established a narrow lead in the initial 5 km legal
At the World Cross-Country Championships, Wolde finished fourth in the senior men"s short course (4 km) at Belfast in 1999 and fifteenth at the same distance in Vilamoura, Portugal in 2000.
The highlight of Wolde"s career came in the 5000 m at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, when he was still just twenty two. Injuries have hampered his career during recent years, but he was still active as of 2008.