Shaul Ladany
Shaul Ladany (center), winner of 10-km walk, on podium during 8th Maccabiah Games at Ramat Gan Stadium (1969) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | שאול לדני | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Israeli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Israeli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 2, 1936 Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Omer, Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation(s) | Professor emeritus of industrial engineering and management | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employer | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 148 lb (67 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Racewalking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | Gold medal in 100-km walk at 1972 World Championships (9:31:00) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National finals | National Championships: 28 Israeli, 6 U.S., 2 Belgian, 1 Swiss, and 1 South African. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 50-km walk: 4:17:06 (1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shaul Paul Ladany (Hebrew: שאול לדני; born April 2, 1936) is an Israeli Holocaust survivor, racewalker and two-time Olympian. He holds the world record in the 50-mile walk (7:23:50), and the Israeli national record in the 50-kilometer walk (4:17:07). He is a former world champion in the 100-kilometer walk.
Ladany survived the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944, when he was eight years old. In 1972, he survived the Munich Massacre. He is now a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management at Ben Gurion University, has authored over a dozen books and 120 scholarly papers, and reportedly speaks nine languages. He lives in Omer, Israel.
Asked if it would be fair to call him the ultimate survivor, Ladany laughed and answered: "I don't know about that. What I can say is that in my life there has never been a dull moment."