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On September 2, 2013, at the age of sixty-four, Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage, swimming 110.86 miles in fifty-three hours from Havana to Key West. In the 1970s, she had become known as the world’s greatest long distance swimmer with her open-water achievements, 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. She is the author of the bestselling memoir, Find a Way, and three other books; is a national fitness icon, a talented linguist, the co-founder of EverWalk — and one of today’s most powerful and engaging public speakers. She performed her off-Broadway show, The Swimmer, at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City in 2019.

A Netflix movie, NYAD, based on Diana’s memoir, enjoyed global acclaim in 2023 — and features a tour-de-force performance by Annette Bening, who plays Diana, and an equally riveting turn by Jodie Foster, who plays Bonnie.

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  • Finding a Way with Legendary Swimmer and Endurance Athlete Diana Nyad

    On September 2, 2013, at the age of sixty-four, Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage, swimming 110.86 miles in fifty-three hours from Havana to Key West. In the 1970s, she had become known as the world’s greatest long distance swimmer with her open-water achievements, 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. She is the author of the bestselling memoir, Find a Way, and three other books; is a national fitness icon, a talented linguist, the co-founder of EverWalk — and one of today’s most powerful and engaging public speakers. She performed her off-Broadway show, The Swimmer, at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City in 2019.

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