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Beatie Deutsch
File:Beatie Deutsch at Tiberias Marathon 2019.jpg
Deutsch winning the 2019 Tiberias Marathon
Personal information
Native nameברכה דויטש
Birth nameBeatrice Rabin
Full nameBeatrice Rose Deutsch
NicknameSpeedy Beatie
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1989-08-29) August 29, 1989 (age 34)
Washington, DC, USA
Height150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Sport
CountryIsrael
SportAthletics
Event(s)Marathon, half marathon, 15k run, 10,000 metres, 10k run
Achievements and titles
National finals
  • 2018 Half Marathon,  Gold
  • 2019 Marathon,  Gold
  • 2019 15Km,  Silver
  • 2019 10,000 meters,  Silver
Medal record
National Championships
Representing  Israel
Gold medal – first place 2018 Beit She'an Half Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tiberias Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rishon LeZion 15K run
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tel Aviv 10,000 meters
Half Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tel Aviv Half Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2019 Jerusalem Half Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2019 Riga Half Marathon


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.

In May, Deutsch ran the half marathon in Riga and took first place, finishing in 1 hour 17 minutes and 34 seconds.[7]

Deutsch is training for the 2020 Olympics.[8]

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. ^ "Haredi woman takes first place at Latvia marathon". Arutz7. 2019-19-05. Retrieved 2019-05-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Speedy Beatie strikes again: Haredi athlete wins Tiberias Marathon". Ynetnews. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2019-01-22.