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Aug 20th
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Tony GARTLAND
Wicklow carpenter gets Irish off to winning start at Transplant Games PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan in Bangkok   
Sunday, 26 August 2007
ImageA 42 year-old Co. Wicklow carpenter with a transplanted liver is the toast of Bangkok today after he got the Irish team off to a stunning start at the 16th World Transplant Games.
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Tony Gartland runs early tomorrow morning PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan in Bangkok   
Saturday, 25 August 2007
ImageListen to Tony Gartland talking about the honour of being the first athlete into action tomorrow morning.
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Carlow carpenter looks to add to his medal collection PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan & Emer Gallagher   
Tuesday, 31 July 2007
ImageThe 44 year-old from Hacketstown has been training diligently all year – and next month it will be make or break time for Tony Gartland when he wears the green, white and gold with pride when he represents his country in Bangkok in August.
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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.
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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.”
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Sign up today for Transplant and Dialysis sports
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.
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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

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News reports from World Games

Freelance Journalist Liam Horan will be covering this year's European Transplant & Dialysis Games for Irish newspapers, radios, and websites. To obtain reports from Liam, email him at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Freelance Journalist Emer Gallagher also contributes articles on the Irish team at the games. 
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