Shaul Ladany information

Shaul Paul Ladany
	Shaul Ladany (center), winner of 10-km walk, on podium during 8th Maccabiah Games at Ramat Gan Stadium (1969)
Personal information
Native name	שאול לדני
Nationality	Israeli
Citizenship	Israeli
Born	April 2, 1936 (age 88); Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Education	Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, 1960; M.Sc., 1961); The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Graduate Diploma, Business Administration, 1964); Columbia University (Ph.D., Business Administration, 1968);
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)
	Shaul Ladany's voice from the BBC programme Saturday Live, March 7, 2009.
Sport
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.
Highest world ranking	World record in 50-mile walk (7:23:50; 1972–present); Israeli national record in 50-km walk (4:17:06; 1972–present);
Personal best	50-km walk: 4:17:06 (1972)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Israel
Olympic Games
Maccabiah Games
	Updated on February 24, 2013.

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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.

[XXX-1] "Shaul Ladany". Saturday Live. March 7, 2009. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved January 18, 2014.

[espn-2] 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.

[thejewishweek2-3] 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.

[haaretz1-4] Green, David B. (January 14, 2009). "Questions & Answers/A conversation with Shaul P. Ladany". Haaretz. Retrieved February 24, 2013.

[ap-cbc2022-5] Grieshaber, Kirsten (September 4, 2022). "Survivor of Holocaust, Munich Olympic attack heads back to Germany". CBC Sports. The Associated Press. Retrieved September 4, 2022.

[independent2-6] Blavo, John (December 21, 2008). "Shaul Ladany: The long walk through horrors of 20th century". The Independent. Retrieved February 25, 2013.

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