Alex Gilady

Alex Gilady (; 9 December 1942 – 13 April 2022) was an Israeli journalist and sports official.

Personal life Gilady was born on 9 December 1942 in Teheran, Iran. Gilady was the son of a Polish Jewish family who had fled during the Second World War, arriving in Israel, with his parents, and grew up in Ramat HaSharon.

Gilday studied at the Naval College, Mevo'ot Yam, Michmoret (Israel).

Career From 1964, Gilady worked as a journalist. In January 2018, Gilady submitted a lawsuit to a Tel Aviv court against Oshrat Kotler, a broadcaster at Channel 10 Israel, and also against Neri Livneh, a journalist at the Haaretz newspaper. In 2019, he reportedly withdrew the lawsuit against the two women who publicly accused him of sexual harassment. Gilady was a supporter of the IOC's decision to postpone the Tokyo Summer Games in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Honours Seven Academy Awards (Emmy) for Olympic Games in Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996), Sydney (2000), Salt Lake City (2002), Athens (2004), Beijing (2008), London (2012) 1970 – Award for the best journalistic story with the subject 'The Sea' 1977 - Highest Israeli Broadcasting Association (IBA) award for producing President Sadat's first visit to Jerusalem 1977 - 'Man of the year' award for becoming the first Israeli broadcasting from Egypt 1979 - all electronic Media award for producing the Eurovision song contest in Israel