Countdown to World Transplant Games - Sweden 2011 2011-6-17 17:00:00 GMT+00:00
Tony GARTLAND
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A Co. Wicklow athlete is off to Australia next month (AUGUST) as a member of the Irish team in the World Transplant Games – and, in their own eyes, all 19 team members are winners already by just getting to the starting-line. Features
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Tony Gartland
Name: Tony Gartland
Competes at: Super Senior
Lives: Carlow
Transplant: Liver transplant in January 1993
Sports: European Transplant Games in Slovenia 2004 – Gold in 5k road race and gold in 800m track
World Transplant Games in Ontario 2005 – Gold 800m track, silver 1,500m track and bronze in the 5,000m road race
Also competed in World Transplant Games in Manchester in 1995, Sydney 1997, Japan in 2001 and France in 2003.
Competed in European Transplant Games in Hungary in 2006
Games Events: 5k road race, ten pin bowling, 5,000m, 8,000m and 1,500m track
Athletes
Officials
| Dr Emer KILBRIDE |
| Clare HOGAN |
| Mark MURPHY |
| Colin WHITE |
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Newspaper articles
- A world of difference: Local Girl Scouts celebrate group's founding centennial ... - Prescott Daily Courier
- Heart Transplant (Warriors 93, Kings 90) - San Jose Mercury News (blog)
- Minister Recognises Local Sporting Success - eGov monitor
- Facing up to tyranny: how a girl and her blog helped change the world - Sydney Morning Herald
- Voice behind a revolution - Sydney Morning Herald
News reports from World Games
Laura Cassin will be providing regular reports from the 2011 World Transplant Games for Irish newspapers, radios, and websites. To obtain reports, email
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