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Diana Nyad / ˈ n aɪ ˌ æ d / (nascida Sneed; 22 de agosto de 1949) é uma escritora, jornalista, palestrante motivacional, linguista e nadadora de águas abertas estadunidense. [2] Nyad ganhou atenção nacional em 1975, quando nadou ao redor de Manhattan (28 milhas ou 45 km) em tempo recorde, e em 1979, quando nadou de North ...
28 de out. de 2023 · Membro do Hall da Fama do Esporte Feminino Nacional dos EUA e do Hall da Fama da Maratona Internacional da Natação, Diana estabeleceu vários recordes para homens e mulheres durante sua distinta ...
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Nyad was born in New York City on August 22, 1949, to Lucy Winslow Curtis (1925–2007) and stockbroker William L. Sneed Jr. Her mother was a great-granddaughter of Charlotte N. Winslow, the inventor of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, a popular morphine-based medicine for children's teething pain that was manufactured from 1849 until the 1930s. She is ...
Nyad has written four books: Other Shores (1978) about her life and distance swimming, Basic Training for Women (1981) describing a physical fitness program for women, Boss of Me: The Keyshawn Johnson Story (1999) about NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson, and Find a Way (2015) about her quest to swim across the Florida Straits. She has also written...
Investigations over 2013 swim
As discussed above, Nyad's 2013 crossing from Cuba to Florida has never been formally ratified due to the lack of independent observers, incomplete records, and other irregularities. WOWSA issued extensive reports on the matter, and Guinness World Recordsrevoked its initial certification of the swim as a world record. In September 2023, WOWSA renewed its investigation into her swim and again declined to certify it. Remarking on the upcoming release of a film that dramatizes the event, WOWSA s...
Embellishment allegations
Retired marathon swimmer Daniel Slosberg accused Nyad of having a long history of embellishing her accomplishments, usually self-servingly. In 2023 she responded by admitting to the Los Angeles Times: "Am I embarrassed to have inflated my own record when my record is pretty good on its own? Yes, it makes me cringe." "Maybe I had too much hubris, she said, "like, 'I don't need to prove this to anybody.' That's my bad".
Nyad was inducted into the United States National Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. She is also an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honoree (1978) and an ISHOF Al Schoenfield Media Award recipient (2002). She is a Hall of Famer at her Lake Forest College in Illinois and at Pine Crest Schoolin Fort Lauderdale. 2014 1. Nyad was awarded...
Nyad has said that overcoming her childhood sexual abuse was a factor in her determination while swimming,and she has spoken publicly about this issue.
Annette Bening portrayed Nyad in 2023's Nyad, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. When questioned in relation to the accuracy and controversy surrounding Nyad's Cuba-to-Florida swim, Vasarhelyi responded "Our film is not about a record [...] It's about how a woman woke up at 60 and realized she wasn't finished, even though the wor...
Nyad's December 2013 TED Talk "Never, ever give upafter having completed the Cuba-to-Florida swim in September"An Ill Wind That Blew No Good" (original link not functioning) Archived December 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine—Sports Illustrated, August 28, 197825 de out. de 2023 · Um novo filme do Netflix mostra as diversas tentativas da atleta aposentada Diana Nyad de nadar de Cuba até a Flórida.
9 de mai. de 2024 · No dia 31 de agosto de 2013, Diana Nyad, então com 64 anos, encarava sua quinta tentativa de atravessar a nado o estreito de Flórida – trecho em mar aberto que separa Cuba e Estados Unidos.
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A trama do filme gira em torno da incrível vida de Diana Nyad, uma maratonista aquática determinada a alcançar o feito impossível. Aos 64 anos, Nyad decidiu que era hora de realizar um sonho que a perseguia desde 1978.
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.
