Shaul Ladany

Shaul Paul Ladany (1936) is an Israeli race walker.
In 1963, he won the first of his 28 Israeli national titles.
Ladany was a gold medallist at the '72 World Championships in the 100 km event.
Shaul Ladany broke the 50 miles Race Walking World Record in 1972.
Ladany survived the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944, when he was eight years old.
In 1972, he also survived the Munich Massacre.
In 1997, his autobiography was published in Hebrew, entitled The Walk to the Olympics.
In 2008, it was published in English, entitled King of the Road (Gefen Publishing).