Career
She lives in Germany and trains with Irina Mikitenko. Since 2012, she competes for the German club Music Television Braunschweig. Among her first elite level appearances was the Great Ethiopian Run in November 2008, where she came fourth behind Teyba Erkesso over the 10 km distance.
The Ljubljana Marathon in October was her second outing over the distance and she was fourth, but improved her best time by a minute and a half.
She represented Oromia Police at the Sululta Cross Country at the start of 2010 and came fourth. She was selected to represent Ethiopia at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning in October and she came seventh, setting a personal best of 1:09:38 hours for the distance.
Her last major race of the year came at the Turin Marathon and she again improved: it became a two-woman race between Tola and Priscah Jeptoo and although it was her Kenyan rival who claimed victory, Tola ran a best of 2:28:22 hours as the runner-up. Her 2011 season began with a second-place finish at the Berlin Half Marathon.
This streak came to an end at October"s Frankfurt Marathon as her time of 2:27:18 hours brought her seventh place.
A fifth place at the 2012 Berlin Marathon saw her improve that time to 2:25:14 hours.