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Diana Nyad (born August 22, 1949 in New York City) is an American swimmer and world record holder (as of 2005).

For ten years (from 1969 to 1979), Diana 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 to Florida. The accomplishment took her more than two days of constant swimming, and held the longest swim record up until 1997 when it was broken by Susie Maroney. She broke numerous world records, including the 50-year-old mark for circling Manhattan Island (7 hrs, 57 min) in 1975. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1986. Diana was honored with her induction in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003.

She currently provides a five-minute radio piece on sports every week for KCRW called The Score.

She regularly reports on various aspects of sports, especially the business side of sports, for the radio program .

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