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Wanda Rutkiewicz
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Polish mountain climber (1943-1992)
Key facts
- Born
- Wanda Błaszkiewicz , ( 1943-02-04 ) 4 February 1943, Plungė , Lithuania
- Died
- 13 May 1992 (1992-05-13) (aged 49), Kangchenjunga , Nepal
- Occupation
- Mountaineer
- Known for
- First woman to successfully climb K2
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wanda
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Plungė
- Place of death
- Kanchenjunga
- Occupation
- mountaineer
- Educated at
- Magdalenaeum Wrocław
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Field of work
- mountaineering
- Sport
- mountaineering
- Image
- Wanda Rutkiewicz, Góry Sokole, fot. Seweryn Bidziński.jpg
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- Commons category
- Wanda Rutkiewicz
- date of birth
- 1943-02-04
- date of death
- 1992-05-13
- name in native language
- Wanda Rutkiewicz
- significant person
- Jerzy Kukuczka
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Encyclopedic overview
Wanda Rutkiewicz ( Polish pronunciation: [/ˈvanda rutˈkʲevitʂ/] 4 February 1943 – 12–13 May 1992) was a Polish mountaineer and computer engineer. She was the first woman to reach the summit of K2 and the third woman (first European woman) to summit Mount Everest.
Early life
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