Shaul Ladany, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Shaul Ladany

Israeli racewalker

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1936

Place of Birth: Belgrade, Belgrade District

Profession: engineer, university teacher, athletics competitor

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Shaul Ladany

  • Shaul Paul Ladany (Hebrew: ???? ?????; 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."

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