Katrina Jacks
Welsh rower and chemical engineering graduate
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Katrina Jacks (c. 1986 in Monmouth, Wales – 16 May 2010 in Lake Titicaca, Peru), was a Welsh rower and chemical engineering graduate.
Biography
Jacks was born in Monmouth, the second child and first daughter to General Practitioners Alasdair and Susanna. She had an older brother and a younger sister.
Education
Jacks went to Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls and attended Imperial College, London, graduating with a first class degree in chemical engineering.
Competitive rowing
Jacks won a number of gold medals at the National Schools Championships, and represented Great Britain at under-16 level for two consecutive years.
Death
Due to start a job with an engineering consultancy company in summer 2010, Jacks took a gap year in South America from 2009 to improve her Spanish. First volunteering at an orphanage in Ecuador, she then trekked along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, on 16 May 2010. Her body was returned to Wales for burial in late May 2010.
References
References
- (1 June 2010). "Medal winning rower dies trekking in Peru". BBC Wales.
- Richard Smith. (1 June 2010). "Commonwealth Games medallist Katrina Jacks killed by altitude while on holiday in Peru". Daily Mirror.
- (1 June 2010). "Doctors daughter dies from 'altitude sickness' on gap year". Daily Telegraph.
- Jessica Best. (28 May 2010). "Chepstow graduate dies on South America trip". South Wales Argus.
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