_-_The_Winners_of_the_10,000_M_Walk.jpg) 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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),[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]
- ^ "Shaul Ladany". Saturday Live. March 7, 2009. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ a b c Schaap, Jeremy (September 21, 2022). "A life of remarkable resolve: The story of Shaul Ladany, survivor of the Holocaust and Munich massacre". Outside the Lines. ESPN. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ Renee Ghert-Zand (January 31, 2012). "The Healthiness of a Long-Distance Walker". The Jewish Week. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ^ a b Green, David B. (January 14, 2009). "Questions & Answers/A conversation with Shaul P. Ladany". Haaretz. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ Grieshaber, Kirsten (September 4, 2022). "Survivor of Holocaust, Munich Olympic attack heads back to Germany". CBC Sports. The Associated Press. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- ^ Blavo, John (December 21, 2008). "Shaul Ladany: The long walk through horrors of 20th century". The Independent. Retrieved February 25, 2013.