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== 2019 ==
== 2019 ==
At the Israel National Marathon, Deutsch won first place with a time of 2:42:18, the fifth best result of all time for female Israeli runners.
At the National Championships [[Tiberias Marathon|Marathon in Tiberias]], Deutsch won first place with a time of 2:42:18, the fifth best result of all time for female Israeli runners.


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Deutsch is training for the 2020 Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5442052,00.html|title=Speedy Beatie strikes again: Haredi athlete wins Tiberias Marathon|date=2019-07-01|website=Ynetnews|language=en|access-date=2019-01-22}}</ref>

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Bracha “Beatie” Deutsch (born 1989) is an ultra-Orthodox Israeli-American marathon runner.[1]

Background

Deutsch was born in the United States and emigrated to Israel in 2009. She began running in 2015 at the age of 25. She runs in a skirt and headscarf and dedicates her runs to charitable causes.[2] She lives in Jerusalem with her husband and five children and works full-time.[3]

2016

She ran her first marathon at the Tel Aviv Marathon in 2016 after taking up running only four months previously. She finished sixth with a time of 3:27:26.[4]

2017

At 2017 Tel Aviv Marathon, while seven months pregnant, she finished with a time of 4:08:16.[5]

2018

She won first place in the Jerusalem Marathon with a time of 3:09:50. Later that year she won the Israel Half Marathon Championship in Beit She'an with a time of 1:19:53 hours.[6]

2019

At the National Championships Marathon in Tiberias, Deutsch won first place with a time of 2:42:18, the fifth best result of all time for female Israeli runners.

Deutsch is training for the 2020 Olympics.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Fastest woman in Israel is religious U.S.-born mother of five - Israel News - Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  2. ^ "Strictly Orthodox mother of five is fastest Israeli athlete in Jerusalem Marathon". The JC. January 22, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ Leichman, Abigail Klein. "Top female Israeli Jerusalem Marathoner is religious mom". Israel21c. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  4. ^ "מבט למרוץ". raceview.net. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  5. ^ INSIDER, Talia Lakritz. "This woman ran a marathon while 7 months pregnant with her 5th kid â€" and she dominated". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  6. ^ "Speedy Beatie: Israel's first female Haredi marathon runner". Ynetnews. 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  7. ^ "Speedy Beatie strikes again: Haredi athlete wins Tiberias Marathon". Ynetnews. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2019-01-22.