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Diana Nyad / ˈ n aɪ ˌ æ d / (née Sneed; born August 22, 1949) is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan (28 mi or 45 km) in record time, and in 1979 when she swam from Bimini, The Bahamas , to Juno Beach, Florida (102 ...
Nov 3, 2023 · Nyad tells the story of Diana Nyad, a marathon swimmer who broke records and achieved a number of firsts in the sport. At the age of 60, she decided to complete the feat she wasn’t able to when...
DIANA NYAD. a wild & precious life. “Whatever your Other Shore is, whatever you must do, whatever inspires you, you will find a way to get there.” - Diana Nyad.
Nov 6, 2023 · Netflix’s new film Nyad tells the harrowing story of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, 74, who tried—and failed—to swim from Cuba to Florida when she was 28, and how she eventually accomplished ...
Nov 3, 2023 · Netflix's new Diana Nyad biopic has revived longstanding questions about the veracity of the swimmer’s accomplishments. What is true and what is fiction?
May 6, 2024 · Diana Nyad (born August 22, 1949, New York City, New York, U.S.) is an American distance swimmer and journalist who, in 2013, became the first person to complete a swim from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a shark cage.
In the 1970s, she became known as the world’s greatest long distance swimmer with her open-water achievments, including a record-breaking swim around Manhattan. For the next thirty years, Nyad was a prominent sports broadcaster and journalist, filing compelling stories for National Public Radio, ABC’S Wide World of Sports, and others.
Jun 2, 2023 · Over three decades, long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad tried five times to swim the 110-miles (177-kilometers) from Cuba to Florida. Her eventual success—a decade ago this fall—prompted...
Feb 2, 2014 · The first time Diana Nyad tried to swim around Manhattan, in the fall of 1975, she was pulled out of the East River in the black of night after eight hours of non-stop swimming—“trembling...
“NYAD Signals That We’ve Officially Entered Oscar Bait Season: Annette Bening and Jodie Foster breathe life into the true story of Diana Nyad's quest to swim from Cuba to Florida."
