Speakers Diana Nyad: Journalist, swimmer
A record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation.
Why you should listen to her:
For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the longest swim in history, making the 102.5-mile journey from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also broke numerous world records, including what had been a 50-year mark for circling Manhattan Island, setting the new time of 7 hrs 57 min. She is a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
She now appears as part of a weekly five-minute radio piece on sports for KCRW called The Score (heard during KCRW's broadcast of NPR's "All Things Considered"), as well as for the Marketplace radio program.
Quotes by Diana Nyad
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“A lot of athletes have this sort of invincibility: [The jellyfish] should worry about me. I don't worry about them. I'll just swim right through them.”
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Diana Nyad: Extreme swimming with the world's most dange ...
- 16:57 Posted: Jan 2012
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Conferences
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- TEDMED 2011