After celebrating her successes she decided to have one more celebration as she married Getaneh Tessema. In a wedding that took almost five days and was attended by more than a thousand people, she and Global Sports Communication’s cross-country manager Getaneh Tessema got married.

Gete Wami was born in Debre Birhan where her father, a cattle farmer, raised her with two brothers and three sisters. Like most Ethiopian distance runners she moved to Addis Abeba when she was selected to run for the national team in the World Junior Championships in Seoul. The 155-cm tall athlete finished second and that would be the start of an impressive running career. On her long runs she joins men like Habte Jifar and Assefa Mezgebu to make her stronger than any other woman. Don’t be surprised if she will wish you a good night in Dutch because in all the months spent in Nijmegen she picked up a lot of Dutch words.

It seems there is only one woman who can beat Gete Wami. For the second time in 2000 Tulu beat Gete. Derartu Tulu won the World Cross-Country title and the Olympic 10,000m final. Both times Gete won the silver medal. Gete also finished third in the 5000-meter final in which 7 Global Sports Communication athletes competed.

2001 had a great start for Gete. At the Dortmund indoor track she ran the 2nd fastest time ever on the 5000m-distance, 14.49.36, missing the world record by only 2 seconds. A month later at the World Cross Country Championships in Oostende Gete won the 4km-race and managed to win silver medal in the 8km-race, where she got beaten in a sprint-finish by Britain's Paula Radcliffe. At the IAAF World Championships in athletics, Gete ran a great race again, winning the bronze medal behind Derartu Tulu and Berhane Adere

Gete took a maternity-leave in 2003. Since the end of 2004 Gete is successully made a comeback. In 2007, she won as first in history the World Marathon Majors.