| Personal records |
| Outdoors: 1500m - 4:06.87 (2010) 3000m - 8:51.76 (2009) 5000m - 15:03.63 (2011) Indoors: 1500m - 4:11.36 (2013) 3000m - 8:54.14 (2013) |
| Career highlights |
| 2013 |
| Cross: 17th - IAAF World Cross Championships Bydgoszcz 8 km (25:24) Indoors: 3rd - Gent 1500m (4:11.36) 2nd - Eubonne 3000m (8:54.14) |
| 2012 |
| Track: 11th - Olympic Games London 5000m Heat (15:10.24) 8th - European Championships Helsinki 5000m (15:22.15) 8th - IAAF Diamond League Lausanne 3000m (8:52.02) End-of-Season European Rank (by time): 5000m - 9th; 3000m - 3rd Cross: 1st - Lotto CrossCup Roeselare 6.2 km 9th - Lotto CrossCup Brussels 6.0 km |
| 2011 (representing Ethiopia) |
| Track: 1st - Kessel-Lo 5000m (15:03.63) 1st - KBC Heusden-Zolder 5000m (15:09.71) 1st - Belgium (Open) Championships Brussels 1500m Heat (4:10.37) 5th - Gent 1500m (4:10.53) 1st - Belgium (Open) Championships Brussels 1500m (4:12.13) 5th - Liege 1500m (4:13.56) 9th - Rabat 1500m (4:13.83) End-of-Season World Rank (by time): 5000m - 23th Road & Cross: 1st - Silvesterlauf Trier 5 km road (15:56) 2nd - Leffrinckoucke cross 6.65 km 3rd - Lotto CrossCup Brussels 6.0 km |
| 2010 (representing Ethiopia) |
| 4th - KBC Heusden-Zolder 1500m (4:06.87) 2nd - Funchal Cross 6 km |
| 2009 (representing Ethiopia) |
| 1st - Brasschaat 1500m B-Heat (4:09.09) 2nd - Rovereto 3000m (8:51.76) |
| 2008 (representing Ethiopia) |
| 16th - IAAF Golden League Brussels 5000m (15:54.81) |