Career
Muktar made his first international appearances in 2011, taking seventh place in the junior race at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships (sharing the team silver medal) and finishing fourth in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships with a time of 28:44.95 minutes. He began to raise his profile in 2012 with two prominent wins on the junior stage. He performed well in the 5000 m that year, taking the Ethiopian team (in the absence of many established runners).
He performed well in cross country at the start of 2013, winning the Campaccio, Cross della Vallagarina and Cinque Mulini races.
He followed this up with a bronze in the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in the junior race behind compatriot Hagos Gebrhiwet. In Stockholm, August 21st 2014 he recorded the fastest time in the world so far that year with 12:54.83.
3000 metres: 7:47.99 minutes (2014)
5000 metres: 12:54.83 minutes (2014)
10,000 metres: 27:17.18 minutes (2015)
10 km road: 28:11 minutes (2013).