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'''Jane Emily Tomlinson''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] |
'''Jane Emily Tomlinson''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] Married and maiden names|née '''Goward'''; [[21 February]] [[1964]] – [[3 September]] [[2007]]) was an [[amateur]] [[England|English]] [[Sportsperson|athlete]] who became well known in the [[United Kingdom]] for raising £1.5 million for [[charity]] by completing a series of athletic challenges, despite suffering from terminal cancer.<ref name="BBC Obit">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2585103.stm|title=Obituary: Jane Tomlinson|first=|last=|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=[[4 September]] [[2007]]}}</ref> |
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Having had treatment for [[breast cancer]] in 1991, aged 26, the disease returned in 2000 throughout her body.<ref name="Telegraph Obit"/> During the next six years, Tomlinson completed the [[London Marathon]] three times, the [[Michelob ULTRA London Triathlon|London Triathlon]] twice, the [[New York City Marathon|New York Marathon]] once and cycled across [[Europe]], the [[United States]] and [[Africa]].<ref name="Telegraph Obit">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/06/db0602.xml|title=Obituary - Jane Tomlinson|first=|last=|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=[[6 September]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Jane Tomlinson died in 2007, aged 43. |
Having had treatment for [[breast cancer]] in 1991, aged 26, the disease returned in 2000 throughout her body.<ref name="Telegraph Obit"/> During the next six years, Tomlinson completed the [[London Marathon]] three times, the [[Michelob ULTRA London Triathlon|London Triathlon]] twice, the [[New York City Marathon|New York Marathon]] once and cycled across [[Europe]], the [[United States]] and [[Africa]].<ref name="Telegraph Obit">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/06/db0602.xml|title=Obituary - Jane Tomlinson|first=|last=|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=[[6 September]] [[2007]]}}</ref> Jane Tomlinson died in 2007, aged 43. |
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Died | 3 September 2007 | (aged 43)
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Spouse | Mike Tomlinson |
Jane Emily Tomlinson, CBE Married and maiden names|née Goward; 21 February 1964 – 3 September 2007) was an amateur English athlete who became well known in the United Kingdom for raising £1.5 million for charity by completing a series of athletic challenges, despite suffering from terminal cancer.[1]
Having had treatment for breast cancer in 1991, aged 26, the disease returned in 2000 throughout her body.[2] During the next six years, Tomlinson completed the London Marathon three times, the London Triathlon twice, the New York Marathon once and cycled across Europe, the United States and Africa.[2] Jane Tomlinson died in 2007, aged 43.
Early life
Jane Emily Goward was born in Wakefield in Yorkshire in 1964, the sixth of ten children of a dentist.[2][3] When she was aged 11, the family emigrated to Australia but returned after three years.[2] In 1990, Tomlinson applied to study Mathematics at the University of Leeds. However, when she found a lump in her breast and had a lumpectomy, she enrolled instead at Leeds General Infirmary and trained as a radiographer.[2] By this time, she had married Mike Tomlinson and had two daughters, Suzanne and Rebecca.[4] They later had a son, Steven.[5][2] Qualifying in 1993, Tomlinson later studied to postgraduate level and became a paediatric radiographer.[2] Three years after having a lumpectomy the cancer returned and she had a second mastectomy, and two rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.[2] In 2000, Jane Tomlinson was told that the cancer had spread to her bones, lungs and was given about 12 months to live.[3][2]
Charity fundraising
Having been told she had terminal cancer in 2000, Tomlinson decided to embark on a series of marathons and atheltic challenges to raise money for charity. She devised a training regime and in May 2001 took part in her first challenge, the 5km Race for Life[2]. In December 2001, she took part in the Leeds Abbey Dash.[3] In April 2002, she ran the London Marathon for the first time and later the New York Marathon.[2] In July that year, Jane Tomlinson presented the Jubilee baton to The Queen in Leeds, in August she did the London Triathlon and in October the Great North Run.[3]
Tomlinson completed the Ironman Triathlon, the only person with incurable cancer ever to do so.[6] She also completed two half Ironmans.[6] In 2002 at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards, she was given the Helen Rollason Award and was made a MBE in 2003.[6][7] Also in 2003, from March to April, she cycled with her brother Luke Goward from John o' Groats to Land's End, a distance of 1060 miles.[6][2] The following year she and her brother used a tandem to cycle 2000 miles across Europe from Rome to Leeds, and climbed Mont Ventoux on the journey.[3][2]
Jane Tomlinson's public profile led to receiving at one point over 2500 letters from the public a week.[2] However, some tabloid newspapers suggested that her cancer was not terminal, a claim that was proved to be untrue.[2] She also received abusive telephone calls.[8] In 2005, she won a Pride of Britain award.[3]
Last years
In July and August 2006, Tomlinson spent nine weeks cycling 4200 miles across the United States, raising £250,000.[6][3] This was her final athletic challenge.[9]
Having published The Luxury of Time in 2005, she released the second volume of her memoirs You Can't Take It With You in 2006.[2] In January 2007, Mike and Jane Tomlinson launched Jane Tomlinson's Run For All, a 10km charity run that took place in June that year.[10] Having had four courses of chemotherapy, she developed chronic heart disease.[6] Having been elevated to a CBE in June 2007, Jane Tomlinson died in St Gemma's Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire less than three months later on 3 September.[6][5] Her funeral service, which was conducted by the Bishop of Leeds Arthur Roche, was held at the Roman Catholic Leeds Cathedral on 14 September 2007.[4] Later that day she was cremated in a private family ceremony.[11]
References
- ^ "Obituary: Jane Tomlinson". BBC. 4 September 2007.
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(help) - ^ a b "Husband speaks of Jane heartbreak". BBC. 14 September 2007.
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(help) - ^ "Jane's fighting spirit". BBC. 8 December 2002.
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(help) - ^ "'Cruel Abuse' Of Cancer Sufferer". Sky News. 15 May 2007.
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(help) - ^ "Thousands join in Tomlinson run". BBC. 24 June 2007.
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(help) - ^ Nugent, Helen (15 September 2007). "1,000 gather to remember fundraiser Jane". The Times.
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