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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. [2] 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 mi or 164 km).
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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 · November 3, 2023 5:21 PM EDT. 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 ...
Sep 2, 2013 · EmbedVideo(7278, 482, 304); Diana Nyad has reached Key West on the coast of Florida. You can watch the final leg of her swim here. Update: 6:30 p.m. ET Shortly before 2 p.m. ET, a sunburned and ...
Nov 3, 2023 · Diana Nyad prepares to start her fifth attempt of swimming across the Florida Strait, on August 31, 2013. She began the 110-mile swim in Havana , where she spent the next 53 hours swimming through ...
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Nov 3, 2023 · The brand-new film Nyad, streaming now on Netflix, stars Annette Bening as swimmer Diana Nyad.It follows Nyad's attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida, which she first tried in 1978 at age 28 ...
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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. It was ten years ago, September 2, 2013, that I at long last stumbled up onto Smathers Beach in Key West, on the fifth try over thirty-five years, after swimming across that epic ocean between ...