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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, 1978Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English retired actor. [1] [2] [3] Often described as one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, [4] [5] [6] [7] he received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned over four decades, including three Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, three Screen ...
Matthew Paige Damon ( / ˈdeɪmən / DAY-mən; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes ' most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.
Baby Reindeer is a British black comedy [1] [2] drama - thriller television miniseries created by and starring Richard Gadd, adapted from Gadd's autobiographical one-man show. Directed by Weronika Tofilska and Josephine Bornebusch, it also stars Jessica Gunning, Nava Mau and Tom Goodman-Hill.
Virgil van Dijk ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɪr.d͡ʒɪl vɑn.ˈdɛik]; [2] born 8 July 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains both Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team.
