A WOMAN who was told she had two days to live if she did not have a liver transplant won gold for Great Britain at a top international sporting event.

Brenda Roberts, aged 63, of Ruthin, scooped a golfing gold medal for the individual gross score her female category at the World Transplant Games in Argentina last week.

The Ruthin-Pwllglas Golf Club member was also awarded a bronze for being third in the pairs competition, in which she partnered Alison Johns, a professional golfer from Woodhall Spa.

She said: “Attending the World Transplant Games has been an amazing experience.

“Just taking part in the Games would have been enough for me, but to win a gold and bronze medal eclipses all of my expectations.

“We are here to celebrate the gift of life, to thank our donors and to promote organ donation throughout the world.

“Most of all we must remember to discuss organ donation with our families and loved ones so that our wishes become known. I would like to thank everyone for their sponsorship, especially the golfing fraternity in North Wales.”

Athletes are selected following their performances at the British Transplant Games held annually around the UK.

When Brenda was 39 she was diagnosed with condition called primary biliary cirrhosis and just after her sixtieth birthday she had a transplant that saved her life with doctors telling her that if a suitable donor organ had not been found she would have only lived another two days.

The World Transplant Games, supported by the International Olympic Committee, represents the largest organ donor awareness event in the world, featuring a week of 13 sporting events.