About Diana
Diana Nyad is an athlete and author who in 1971 became known as the world's greatest long-distance swimmer in the 1970s, including a record-breaking swim around Manhattan. At age 64 in September 2013, she achieved her lifelong goal of swimming 110.86 miles from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage—a feat she had first attempted 35 years earlier. For three decades she worked as a sports broadcaster and journalist, contributing to National Public Radio and ABC's Wide World of Sports. She has authored the bestselling memoir Find a Way plus three other books.
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SpeakerMotivationalBrand ambassadorAuthorJournalist / CommentatorTV presentersHuman EnduranceOcean ConservationOvercoming AdversityPerseverance And Goal Achievement
Known for
- Swimming 110.86 miles from Cuba to Florida in 1971 and again in 2013
- Record-breaking swim around Manhattan in the 1970s
- Author of the bestselling memoir Find a Way
- Sports broadcaster and journalist for NPR and ABC's Wide World of Sports
- Off-Broadway performance of The Swimmer at Minetta Lane Theatre
- Co-founder of EverWalk fitness initiative
- Subject of Netflix film NYAD starring Annette Bening
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