So happy for Salpeter. She came to Israel as a nanny having never been a runner. She started running to stay in shape, met her future husband/coach, and began training more. Represented Israel in 2016 Olympics but was extremely overweight (for an Olympic Marathoner) and wasn’t running more than 50 mpw, mostly just easy jogging. In 2017 she upped her game and had impressive results, but could never replicate it in championship marathons. Went for medals in Doha & Tokyo but had to drop out. You could tell she was really fighting throughout the race and her medal was richly deserved!
