Octogenarian competes to honour liver donor
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Esther Scott, an 84-year-old athlete from Nedlands, Australia, competed in the Australian Transplant Games to honour the 32-year-old man who gave her a liver 16 years ago.
Scott received the transplant in 2010 after ten months on a waiting list while suffering from primary sclerosing cholangitis, a liver condition. She corresponded anonymously with the donor’s family and received a letter in return.
Scott participated in lawn bowls, pétanque, darts, ten-pin bowling, and a 5km walk, winning a gold medal in the walk. She has regularly competed in the Australian and World Transplant Games, and plans to continue competing at the 2027 World Games in Canada. Other Australians also excelled at the games.
Kate Harper won Female Athlete of the Games after receiving a kidney from her sister, Sharleigh Vermeulen earned the Spirit of the Games award as a liver transplant recipient, and eight-year-old Sebastian Molina participated in his third games after a liver transplant in 2019. Transplant Australia used the event to encourage Australians to register as organ donors, noting that over 1,900 people in Australia currently await transplants.
