Career
He also picked up a silver medal in the 5000 m at the 2005 World Championships. He established himself as a competent cross country runner with consecutive wins at the Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños in 2002 and 2003. Sileshi Sihine was one of the three Ethiopians, along with Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie who swept the gold, silver, bronze medals in the 10,000 m of 2003 World Championships.
He took the 10,000 m gold at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games.
He was third in the 2004 World Cross Country Championships and 2nd behind Kenenisa Bekele in 2006 World Cross Country Championships. At the 2007 World Championships Sileshi took the silver medal in the 10,000 m, again finishing behind Bekele.
The following year he yet again took a silver medal behind his countryman Bekele at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He attempted his first marathon race at the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon, but dropped out after 36 km.
In February 2015, he was elected president of the newly formed Ethiopian Athletes’ Association.
All information taken from IAAF profile.