age of nineteen, running in the 10,000 m at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. However, she failed to progress beyond the heats stage of the event. She and Fita Bayisa became the first Ethiopians since Mamo Wolde to win at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza in January 1993. At the Cross de San Sebastián, Ethiopian duo also took the men's and women's titles, repeating their feats of the previous year. In spite of her performances, she failed to gain a place on the national team for the World Cross Country Championships. Her next major outing came at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, although she failed to make it past the 5000 m qualifiers. She experienced a brief resurgence in form in 1996 as she won her first national title in the 5000 m, guaranteeing herself a place on the Olympic team in the process. She also set a career best of 15:22.53 minutes for the event that season. However, the 23-year-old again failed to make it past the heats on the global stage, coming thirteenth in her 5000 m race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She ran the anchor leg of the championship record-breaking team at the 1996 IAAF World Road Relay Championships, which she won in a time of 2:16:04 hours, alongside the Ethiopian women's team of Genet Gebregiorgis, Berhane Adere, Ayelech Worku, Gete Wami and Getenesh Urge. Competition record References External links Living people 1973 births Ethiopian female long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) African Games silver medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games 20th-century Ethiopian women 21st-century Ethiopian women