2009-08-22 Going for gold at The Gold Coast
Today is kick off for the 17th World Transplant Games at the Gold Coast in Australia.
The Swedish team has now settled in at the Gold Coast. The competitors are excited to be in Australia, some for the first time on the continent. It’s a mixed team with experienced WTG veterans as well as new faces.
It is a mixed team where the youngest member is 17 years old and the oldest is 70 plus. All kinds of transplants are also represented. For these games a multitransplantee, Eva Ljungren has joined the team. This is the first time a multitransplantee is a member of the Swedish team. Mrs. Ljungren is competing I golf
- I have great team and traditionally we have brought home a lot of medals and I would be surpised if most of the Swedish competitors will hava some extra weight in the baggage when the team heads back for home, chuckles Team Manager Claes Wirén
Here are the swedish team members
Team Manager:
Claes Wirén
Lund
Does not compete.
Anders Billström
Halmstad
Roadrace 5000 m, Table tennis.
Kidney.
Anders Olsson
Tvååker
Golf.
Kidney.
Anette Wirén
Lund
Badminton singles and mixex doubles och Ballthrow.
Kidney.
Carl-Johan Ahl
Kidney.
Eva Ljungren
Kungsbacka
Golf.
Multi transplant.
Gustav Wallén
Uppsala
Golf, Badminton singles ad mixed doubles.
Njure.
Karin Green
Skövde
Golf.
Kidney.
Klas Bylund
Gävle
Badminton singles.
Liver.
Rinaldo Moreillon
Borås
Athletics 100 m, 1500 m och 5000 m, cycling 5 km och 20 km.
Heart.
Ulrika Svantesson
Högsby
Cycling 5 km och 20 km
Kidney.
Åsa Nordin
Kungsbacka
Road Race 3000 m, Swiming Breaststroke 100 m och 50 m.
Lungs.