Katrina Jacks (c. 1986 in Monmouth, Wales – 16 May 2010 in Lake Titicaca, Peru), was a Welsh rower and chemical engineering graduate.
[1] Jacks went to Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls and attended Imperial College, London, graduating with a first class degree in chemical engineering.
[2] Jacks won a number of gold medals at the National Schools Championships, and represented Great Britain at under-16 level for two consecutive years.
[3] 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.
Jacks died of an apparent case of altitude sickness, which affects human beings above 2,400 metres (7,900 ft),[5] on 16 May 2010.