Tomlinson, Jane

Tomlinson, Jane
▪ 2008
Jane Emily Goward 
      British cancer activist and fund-raiser

born Feb. 21, 1964 , Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Eng.

died Sept. 3, 2007, Leeds, West Yorkshire
after being diagnosed with incurable cancer, raised £1.75 million (about $3.57 million) for cancer research and charity through a series of donor-sponsored marathon runs and other athletic challenges. Tomlinson become a pediatric radiographer after she was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1990. When she was told in 2000 that the cancer was terminal, she enrolled in a gym. Over the next few years, her athletic endeavours included three London Marathons, one New York Marathon, three London Triathlons, two half Ironman events, one full Ironman, and three long-distance bicycle rides, notably a cross-country trip in 2006 from San Francisco to New York City. Tomlinson was made MBE in 2003 and CBE in June 2007.

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