Beatie Deutsch
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
- ^ "Fastest woman in Israel is religious U.S.-born mother of five - Israel News - Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ "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) - ^ Leichman, Abigail Klein. "Top female Israeli Jerusalem Marathoner is religious mom". Israel21c. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ "מבט למרוץ". raceview.net. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Speedy Beatie: Israel's first female Haredi marathon runner". Ynetnews. 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ "Speedy Beatie strikes again: Haredi athlete wins Tiberias Marathon". Ynetnews. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
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