Career
She was the silver medallist at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She took a prominent scalp in the form of Tiki Gelana at the Women First 5K in Addis Ababa in March 2012. At the senior Ethiopian championships she made her debut over the 5000 metres and held off competition from Alemitu Heroye to lift her second national title.
She began to move into cross country running at the end of the year and placed third in the junior section of the Ethiopian Clubs Cross Country Championships.
The following year, she was among the favourites for the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics after a world-leading junior time of 8:41.54 minutes in the 3000 m at the Doha Diamond League, but ultimately did not compete. She scored an African junior record in the 2000 metres at the Golden Spike Ostrava meeting with a time of 5:34.27 minutes, finishing behind Genzebe Dibaba who was making an attempt at the world record.
Cross country was her focus after the track season. She was chosen for the senior Ethiopian team for the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and, in spite of her suffering an injury in the week before the event, she took to the front pack alongside Agnes Jebet Tirop and the two became the race protagonists, with Tirop eventually beating Senbere in the final 200 m, leaving the Ethiopian with the silver medal.
Senbere"s senior debut also saw her head the Ethiopian women to the team title, helped by her compatriot (and bronze medallist) Netsanet Gudeta.
1500 metres – 4:04.55 minimum (2013)
3000 metres – 8:41.54 minimum (2014)
1500 metres (indoor) – 4:11.37 (2014)
3000 metres (indoor) – 8:46.84 (2015)
All information from IAAF.
