Riga, Latvia – Israeli Charedi Woman Takes First Place At Latvia Marathon

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    Riga, Latvia – A haredi Orthodox mother of five from Jerusalem won a half-marathon race in Latvia.

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    Beatie Deutsch, 29, was the top woman finisher in Sunday’s 13-mile race in Riga in a time of 1 hour, 17 minutes, 34 seconds, reportedly becoming the first haredi woman to win an international athletics competition.

    She has a coach and is receiving partial funding by the state to train for the 2020 Olympics.

    “So many of you shared stories of your families that had perished in Riga and it felt truly incredible to be running through the streets as a proud Jewish woman,” Deutsch, who uses the moniker “Marathon Mother,” wrote in a post on Facebook after the race.

    Deutsch won the 2018 Jerusalem Marathon and the Tiberias Marathon in January. She ran the Tel Aviv Marathon in 2017 while seven months pregnant.

    Deutsch, who made aliyah from New Jersey in 2009, is known for running in modest clothing including a skirt, shirt sleeves below her elbow and headscarf.


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    ncsyncsy
    ncsyncsy
    4 years ago

    Yeah!

    lazy-boy
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    lazy-boy
    4 years ago

    nice that she won……

    Normandavid1
    Normandavid1
    4 years ago

    She belongs in the kitchen.

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    4 years ago

    1:17:34? That is a typo.

    4 years ago

    There are just some reactionaries on this site, who can’t stand to see a frum woman, participating in secular activities, even though she is modestly dressed. They have the same attitude as the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the religious police in Saudi Arabia.

    Katanti
    Katanti
    4 years ago

    Mamash, a Kiddush HaShem!