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Deirdre FAUL Deirdre captains Irish team in Transplant Games | Deirdre captains Irish team in Transplant Games |
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| Written by Liam Horan & Emer Gallagher | |
| Tuesday, 31 July 2007 | |
 It all happened very fast for Deirdre Faul. “I was living England when I became ill. It started with vertigo and then I got jaundice.
My consultant suspected gallstones but when I was brought into hospital it was then they discovered that there was a lot more going on,” said the Dalkey woman. “I had complete liver failure. Two days later I received a liver transplant in the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London.” The 39 year-old is the captain of the Irish team preparing for the World Transplant Games in Bangkok, Thailand, this month. Twenty-four Irish athletes will take part in the 16th World Games, which run from Saturday, August 25th, until Sunday, September 2nd. This will be Deirdre’s first time competing in the Games. “I have been waiting to participate in the World Transplant Games for two years, because I missed out on the last games in Canada in 2005, I was only transplanted in 2003,” said Deirdre, who works full time for the Drug Treatment Centre Board, won six medals at the European Games in Hungary last year. “My family and friends have given me a huge amount of encouragement and helped with fundraising. In particular my parents and sister provide support on all levels since I have two children, aged nine and seven. They will also look after the boys when I go to Bangkok,” she said. The focus of the trip to the World Transplant Games is to raise awareness and show the results that organ donation can have. “People don’t realise that there are many adults and children waiting for organ donations, their quality of life will be infinitely improved after transplantation. I hope the World Transplant Games and the publicity it generates will encourage more people to carry an organ donor card, ” added the mother of two.
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Deirdre Faul
Name: Deirdre Faul
Competes at: Squash, Badminton, Golf
Lives: Dalkey, Co. Dublin
Transplant: Liver Transplant in 2003
Games Events: Squash, Badminton, Golf, Swimming, Cycling & 10 pin bowling.
Medal List:
2010 August British Transplant Games Bath
Gold: Squash - The Grace Hardy Cup
Gold: Badminton Singles
Gold: 50m Freestyle
Gold: 4 x 50m Freestyle Swim Relay - The John Kelly Memorial Cup
Silver: Golf
2010 August European Transplant & Dialysis Games, Dublin, Ireland
Gold: 10 Pin Bowling Doubles (Partner Angela Sherlock)
Gold: Golf Net
Silver: Badminton Singles
Silver: Badminton Doubles (Partner Anne Smyth)
Silver: 400m freestyle Swim
2010 July: Completed IrishRunner 5 Mile
2010 June: Completed Edinburgh Womens Triathlon, Dalkeith, Edinburgh
2010 May: The Ann Cody Memorial Cup, St. Brigids Badminton, Badminton Doubles (Partner Sandra Murray)
2010 April: UK Racquet Tournament Warrington
Gold: Squash
Gold: Badminton Doubles (Anne Smyth)
Silver: Badminton Singles
Cliff Lavin Award Best Female Achiever
2009 Paddy McCabe Memorial Cup (Dalkey Community Council Award)
2009 World Transplant Games Gold Coast Australia - Vice Captain (Competed in 5 events)
Gold: Squash
Gold: Badminton Singles
Gold: Badminton Doubles (with Vienna White)
Gold: Golf (net) + Overall Net Female
2009 British Transplant Games Coventry (Competed in 3 events)
Gold: Squash
Silver x 2: Golf (Net & Gross)
Bronze: Doubles Badminton (partner assigned)
2009 April: UK Racquet Tournament Knutsford
Gold: Squash
Gold: Badminton Doubles (with Vienna White)
2008 European Transplant & Dialysis Games Wurzburg, Germany
Silver: 10 pin Bowling
Silver: Cycling Road Race
Silver: Cycling Time Trial
Silver: Golf
Bronze: Singles Badminton
2008 British Transplant Games Sheffield (Competed in 4 events)
Gold: Squash, Golf, 50m Breastroke
Also a Silver & Bronze
2008 April: UK Racquet Tournament
Gold: Squash
Bronze: Badminton Doubles (partner assigned)
2007 World Transplant Games Bangkok - Team Captain
Gold: Squash
Gold: Golf (Gross)
Gold: Golf (Net)
Bronze: 50m Freestyle
Bronze: 50m Breastroke
Bronze: 10 pin Bowling
2006 European Transplant & Dialysis Games Pecs, Hungary
Silver: 50m Breastroke
Silver: 200m Swim Relay
Bronze: 50m Freestyle
Bronze: 100m Freestyle
Bronze: 100m Breastroke
Bronze: 10pin Bowling
5 Nations Golf:
2006 (Win Ireland), 2007 (Scotland/Wales), 2008 (England), 2009 (Win Ireland)
Irish National Transplant Games participant since 2005
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