Jane Tomlinson, CBE (21 February 1964 – 3 September 2007) was a British campaigner and fund raiser for cancer charities. She was a graduate of Sheffield Hallam University with a postgraduate certificate in medical imaging practice in 2002, and worked as a radiographer at Leeds General Infirmary. She suffered from advanced metastatic breast cancer; the disease was diagnosed incurable on 31 August 2000. In the last six years she had had four courses of chemotherapy. The last one, which consisted of Taxol, finished on 27 April 2007. She was also taking courses of the cancer drug Herceptin. As a result of the drug regimes, Tomlinson had developed chronic heart disease. Despite her incurable cancer she completed a full Ironman (4km Swim, 180Km bike ride and full marathon) inside 17 hours. She had completed two half Ironmans, and the London Marathon 3 times, as well as the New York Marathon and three London Triathlons. She is the only person known to have ever taken part in a marathon while on chemotherapy. Tomlinson was awarded the MBE by the Queen in 2003, winner of the Helen Rollason Award at the BBC in 2002, twice recognised at the Sportswoman of the Year Awards, won a Great Briton Award and voted the most Inspirational Woman in Britain in 2003. She was awarded the CBE in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours List (2007 Queen's Birthday Honours List). The first race Tomlinson took part in was the 5 km Race for Life in May 2001, and 5 years later took part in a bike ride of 6781.8 km. On 29 June 2006, Tomlinson set off from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on her biggest fundraising challenge - a gruelling 4200 miles cycle ride across the United States, which was the greatest endurance feat ever to be attempted by someone with terminal cancer. Her aim was to raise over £1,250,000 (US$2million) for UK and American based cancer and children's charities. She completed this task on 1 September 2006 when she arrived in New York. Unfortunately her ride failed to attract much media attention in the United States and Jane raised much less than her ambitious target, although she still managed to raise about £100,000 (US$200,000). In spring 2007 it was announced that Tomlinson was now too ill to train for future physical challenges. However, she organised and signalled the start of "Run for All", a 10 kilometre event which took place in Leeds on 24 June 2007 with about 10,000 participants. Jane Tomlinson finally lost her fight against cancer at St Gemma's Hospice in Leeds on 3 September 2007.