Diana Nyad
Endurance Swimmer | Achieving the Impossible
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Diana Nyad is an American author, journalist, and long-distance swimmer. She is the first person confirmed to have swam from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage, accomplishing this feat in 2013 at the age of 64.
Nyad has set numerous world records for marathon swimming and has been honored with induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Her motivational speeches draw on her extraordinary feats of endurance and her lifelong mantra of 'Find a Way' to inspire audiences to push past their limits and achieve their greatest ambitions.
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Never, ever give up
In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating … Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that's how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida -- at age 64. Hear her story.
Diana Nyad at Summit at Sea 2026
| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Summit at Sea | 2026 | Miami |
| TED×2 | 2013, 2011 | 🇺🇸Long Beach, United States |
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