Transplant Team Ireland - Angela SHERLOCK

Home

Angela SHERLOCK

Angela's gold medal win

Written by Liam Horan & Emer Gallagher

Tuesday, 04 September 2007

Angela Sherlock, from Lucan, speaks about her sensational gold medal win in the shot putt. This was Angela's second time competing at a World Transplant Games, but her first medal win. The Dublin athlete will add the treasured gold medal to the seven medals she has won at European level.

Breaking News - Gold for Angela Sherlock

Written by Liam Horan in Bangkok
Friday, 31 August 2007
Great scenes of joy in the last few minutes as Angela Sherlock wins the Gold medal in the Shot Putt - by one centimetre!
Read more...

Anglela looks forward to Games

Written by Liam Horan in Bangkok
Friday, 24 August 2007
Angela Sherlock from Walkinstown will travel to Bangkok to compete in the World Transplant Games for the second time – and her friends will join her.
Read more...

[ Back ]

My sporting highlight

From Irish Examiner, 17th December. The highlight of Liam Horan’s sporting year was reporting on the 16th World Transplant Games in Bangkok. The Irish team produced a record-breaking performance. But the real glory lay not just in the medals, but in the endless courage of every single competitor, all of whom had come through life-threatening illnesses.
Read more...

Liver transplant recipients in web bid to help others

A 33 year-old Co. Mayo woman, who almost died before receiving an emergency liver transplant just 18 months ago, has set up her own website so she can deliver a powerful message to others in a similar predicament: “You can live a full and active life after transplantation.”
Read more...

Your country wants you, but only if you’ve got a new heart, or a new kidney, or a new liver, or a new lung, or a new pancreas – or if you’re on dialysis treatment.
Read more...