Catherine Whitworth, a neonatal nurse at Calderdale Royal Hospital, will be once again competing in the World Transplant Games, this time in Malaga, Spain, which begin next week.

Catherine, who had a liver transplant in April 1999, heard about the games after someone mentioned it to her during her recovery. She has been involved since 2000 and has competed in sports including badminton and ten pin bowling but her main sport is swimming.

Catherine has previously won 5 medals in the 2009 Australia games a gold medal in the 200m individual medley, silver medals in the 400m freestyle and 50m fly, bronze medals in the 200m freestyle and the medley relay.

She said: “I’ve had a great time at the games, both competing and meeting new and old friends. The games are a fantastic way to help raise public awareness of the benefits of organ donation and transplantation.” 

Team UK won a total of 246 medals, 122 of which were gold in the 2015 games in Argentina.

She said: “This is a great event to raise awareness of organ donation. You never think that you or your family will need an organ when you sign up to join the register. I hope that I can encourage people to join the organ donation register.”

The games take place between 20 June and 2 July.