Celebrate the Stories
This campaign highlights the personal stories of our participants and shows how the gift of life brings people together and saves lifes.
Bera Wierhake
23, Liver recipient
Bera is one of the two faces of the World Transplant Games 2025 next to Robert. She is liver transplanted and very active in track & field.
Robert Grabowski
33, Liver and kidney recipient
Robert is one of the two main ambassadors of the WTG2025. As a liver and kidney recipient he is going to participate in swimming and track & field.
Simon Arndt
33, Heart recipient
Simon got a heart transplantation already at the age of 3. Today he is living with the “oldest transplanted heart” in whole Germany.
Susanne Funk
56, Kidney donor
Susanne donated a kidney to her daughter Alexandra in 2015. She is going to take part at some donor events at the WTG2025.
Sven Keuchler
52, Kidney recipient
Living with a new kidney since 1994, sports have remained an integral part of Sven’s life. The WTG2025 will be his first World Transplant Games.
Katja Golnik
46, Liver recipient
Her transplant not only gave Katja a second chance at life, but it also made it possible for her to become a mother.
Alexandra Funk
28, Kidney recipient
For Alexandra it is something special to come together at the WTG with people who share the same fate and similar stories.
Dirk Naumann
54, Heart Lunge recipient
For Dirk, the WTG2025 will be home games. The 54-year-old is from Saxony and has been living with a Heart-Lunge transplant since 2009.
