Transplant Sport Team GB: Recent Episodes
Transplant Sport Team GB
Transplant Sport are delighted to announce the squad that will be representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Transplant Games in 2015. More than 140 transplant athletes, including 14 juniors, and many more supporters will descend on South America, the first time the World Transplant Games have been held on this continent. Half of the team are new members and have been selected following their success at this year’s Westfield Health British Transplant Games in Bolton.
The World Transplant Games, supported by the International Olympic Committee, represents the largest organ donor awareness event in the world, featuring a week of 13 sporting events. Team GB and NI will join over 1000 other transplant athletes from 55 countries across the globe.
Melissa rounded up day two of the track & field events at the World Transplant Games - hear how she got on! #TeamGB
Kidney transplant athlete David was described as the "luckiest bastard" for finding his donor straight away and his luck as continued through the Games, winning gold for #TeamGB in golf, though he's a talented skier and runner as well. His daughter even found her future husband, Joe, a heart transplantee, at a World Transplant Games!
Double gold medallist Nick is shy about telling his transplant story to the world, though his donor mum is spreading the word anyway! #TeamGB
Travelling alongside the #TeamGB athletes are a team of physios and sports therapy students from Coventry University, sponsored by the Society of Sports Therapists. Hear what it's like to treat athletes from so many disciplines and different medical needs in their first international sporting event.
TeamGB cleaned up in the first event of the World Transplant Games! 1st male & female overall plus we took gold in both the men's and women's teams. Here's how the race went from the athletes.
We caught up with Neil out for a warmup run in Mar del Plata ahead of the road race tomorrow... #TeamGB
Phil from Belfast is competing in his first World Transplant Games for #TeamGB and is excited to represent the UK
World record holder Jodie is representing #TeamGB in Argentina and looking to break some more!
John from Newcastle is competing in the distance running races for #TeamGB in Argentina
A brief update on my track training for the #WorldTransplantGames in Argentina in August where I'll be representing #TeamGB in track & field.
Originally printed in the 4th issue of Like The Wind magazine, Melissa Fehr shares her running journey from health through her bone marrow transplant, and beyond - to representing Great Britain in track and field at the World Transplant Games. #running #teamGB #LikeTheWind #WTG2015