![]() 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 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | April 2, 1936||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Updated on February 24, 2013 |
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),[2] and the Israeli national record in the 50-kilometer walk (4:17:07). He is a former world champion in the 100-kilometer walk.[3][4]
Ladany survived the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944, when he was eight years old. In 1972, he survived the Munich Massacre.[5] He is now a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management at Ben Gurion University,[2] has authored over a dozen books and 120 scholarly papers, and reportedly speaks nine languages. He lives in Omer, Israel.[4][2]
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."[6]