Ms Liz Schick – WTGF Secretary

Ms Liz Schick, originally from London, England now residing in Switzerland, holds the position of Honorary Secretary for the World Transplant Games Federation. Liz is a liver transplant recipient who has served on the WTGF Council since 2011. In Dec 2015 Liz took up the position as the Secretary and is the first female transplant recipient athlete on the Executive Committee.

It was in 1997 that Liz went from being a healthy young mother and fitness instructor who had never had any health issues to being on the transplant waiting list. Liz, who had not competed in any competitive sport before her transplant has been competing in both the Summer and Winter Games since 2001. 

Liz organised the first Nicholas Cup in 2001, during the Winter World Transplant Games in Haute Nendaz, Switzerland, and began working with transplant recipient children and promoting sport for transplant kids within the medical community in various countries. Over the years she has encouraged children from around the world to come to the World Transplant Games and has had the privilege and delight of seeing them grow up and compete as adults. In 2002, Liz created TACKERS (Transplant Adventure Camps for Kids) which brings together children who have had transplants from around the world, to participate in camps where they have the opportunity to meet peers who have shared the same experience.  Most recently Liz has acted as chair for the Winter World Transplant Games held in January 2018 in Anzère, Switzerland. 

Liz is well known in the transplant and medical community, and as the public face of the federation is invited to share her insights, knowledge and testimonies at various international conferences and congresses. Liz is currently working for Swisstransplant, the National Swiss Foundation for Organ Donation and Transplantation.