Long-distance swimmer, fitness advocate, author and motivational speaker Diana Nyad will be featured in a Sonoma Speaker Series on March 24. A native of New York City, Nyad attracted national ...

When Diana Nyad stumbled onto Smathers Beach in Key West, Florida, on Sept. 2, 2013, after swimming 110 miles from Havana in 53 hours, it marked the hard-fought realization of her lifelong dream, but ...

Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad poses with the historic marker on Las Olas honoring her on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, at Las Olas Oceanside Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Alie Skowronski ...

State officials will be unveiling a Florida Historical Marker in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday to commemorate Diana Nyad's incredible 110-mile swim from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage. Succeeding ...

Diana Nyad’s 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida has generated positive publicity and adoration for the 64-year-old endurance athlete — along with skepticism from some members of the small community of ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - After more than a decade since a world-renowned endurance swimmer made the long swim from Cuba to Key West, the epic milestone is being honored. City of Fort Lauderdale ...

When Diana Nyad was 60, she set her sights on an audacious goal: swimming 110 miles from Cuba to Florida. She succeeded four years later, the first person to do it without a shark cage. During the ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — Diana Nyad’s crazy dream of swimming from Cuba to Florida began as a little girl, standing on the shores of Fort Lauderdale Beach. Thousands of Cuban refugees had just arrived to ...

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