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Diana Nyad
1949 -
Out long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has been captivating sports fans around the world since 1975, when she swam around the island of Manhattan (on her second try, after contracting a virus from the contaminated water during her first attempt). She was an overnight celebrity.
Her next big swim, in 1978—the 111 miles from Cuba to Florida—turned out to be the biggest disappointment of her career: Nyad was attacked by jellyfish, pushed off course by a storm, and had to quit. But 35 years later in 2013, at age 64 and on her fifth try, Nyad became the first person ever to swim from Havana to Key West without a shark cage, in an astonishing 53 hours.
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