Person
Wanda Rutkiewicz
- Specialty
- Acting
- Birth
- February 1, 1943 · 49 years
- Death
- May 12, 1992
- Origin
- Plungė, Lithuania
Professional Trajectory
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.
