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The World Transplant Games (WTG) are an international multi-sport event, occurring every two years, organized by the World Transplant Games Federation (WTGF). The Games promote amateur sport amongst organ transplant recipients, living donors and donor families.

Summer and winter sports alternate years and the event is open to anyone who has received a solid organ transplant including liver, heart, lung, kidney, pancreas or bone marrow. The idea is that people who receive these organs need to take immunosuppressants for the rest of their lives and since such drugs affect athletic performance, the games were started to give donors a level playing field.[1]

History

The games started in 1978 in Portsmouth, England with about 100 athletes from the UK, France, Germany, Greece and the United States.

The 2023 games in Perth, Australia include competitors from more than 60 countries and include events over seven days such as cycling, swimming, darts, bowling and more.[2] There are ceremonies during each of the games to honor the families of the deceased and living donors.[1]

Summer Games

YearGamesHostDatesNationsAthletesRef
19781United Kingdom Portsmouth, Great Britain
19792United Kingdom Portsmouth, Great Britain
19803United States New York City, United States
19824Greece Athens, Greece
19845Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
19876Austria Innsbruck, Austria
19897Singapore Singapore
19918Hungary Budapest, Hungary
19939Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
199510United Kingdom Manchester, Great Britain
199711Australia Sydney, Australia
199912Hungary Budapest, Hungary
200113Japan Kobe, Japan
200314France Nancy, France
200515Canada London, Ontario, Canada
200716Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
200917Australia Gold Coast, Australia
201118Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden
201319South Africa Durban, South Africa[3]
201520Argentina Mar del Plata, Argentina23 – 30 August441,110[4]
201721Spain Málaga, Spain25 June – 2 July522,500[5]
201922United Kingdom Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, Great Britain17 – 23 August602,400[6]
202123United States 5K AnyWay (2021 Games set for Houston cancelled)Virtual[7][1]
202324Australia Perth, Australia15 – 21 April
202525Germany Dresden, Germany16 – 23 August[8][2]

Winter Games

YearGamesHostDatesNationsAthletesRef
19941France Tignes, France
19962France Pra-Loup, France
19993United States Snowbird, Utah, United States
20014Switzerland Nendaz, Switzerland
20045Italy Bormio, Italy
20086Finland Rovaniemi, Finland
20107France Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, France
20128Switzerland Anzere, Switzerland
20149France La Chapelle-d'Abondance, France
2016-not held[9]
201810Switzerland Anzère, Switzerland7–12 January
202011Canada Banff, Alberta, Canada23–28 February[10]
2022(Postponed)[11]
202412Italy Bormio, Italy03–08 March[12]

Sports

SPORTS – DONORS (including deceased donor families and living donors) • Road Race • 50m Freestyle • Athletics: 100m sprint, ball throw, long jump

worldtransplantgames.org/sports/

worldtransplantgames.org/sports-rules/

Age Groups

Seniors age groups:

  • (18-29), (30-39), (40-49), (50-59), (60-69), (70-79) and (80+). Doubles events: (18-29), (30-49) and (50+).

Juniors age groups:

  • (5 years and under), (6-8), (9-11), (12-14) and (15-17). Juniors 16 or 17 years of age are permitted to compete in adult age events, but must then compete only in adult events.

http://wtgf.org/sports-youth/

worldtransplantgames.org/games/

2020

wtgf.org/results/

wtgf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WTWG-Medals-03-10-2020.pdf

1-CAN

2-FRA

3-USA

4-SUI

5-GBR

6-GER

7-HUN

8-ITA

9-AUT

10-NOR

11-AUS

12-POL

13-CZE

14-FIN

15-SWE

References

  1. ^ a b Mathewson, Eryn (2023-04-13). "The unexpected journeys of four athletes to one of the biggest competitions you've probably never heard of". CNN. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  2. ^ "How the World Transplant Games: gave Watford man a post-op goal". BBC News. 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  3. ^ Nelson, Barry (13 August 2013). "Kaylee wins gold, 25 years after becoming world's first heart transplant baby". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  4. ^ "2015 Summer Transplant Games Official Web Site". Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "2017 Summer Transplant Games Official Web Site". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. ^ "2019 Summer Transplant Games Official Web Site". Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Media Release: World Transplant Games - New host city awarded". Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  8. ^ "World Transplant Summer Games 2025 finden in Dresden statt". 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  9. ^ "HOST FOR THE 2018 WINTER WORLD TRANSPLANT GAMES ANNOUNCED" (Press release). World Transplant Games Federation. 4 May 2017.
  10. ^ "11TH WORLD TRANSPLANT WINTER GAMES 2020" (Press release). World Transplant Games Federation. 20 June 2019.
  11. ^ "12TH WORLD TRANSPLANT WINTER GAMES TO TAKE PLACE IN BORMIO, ITALY IN 2024" (Press release). World Transplant Games Federation. 20 June 2021.
  12. ^ "12TH WORLD TRANSPLANT WINTER GAMES TO TAKE PLACE IN BORMIO, ITALY IN 2024" (Press release). World Transplant Games Federation. 20 June 2021.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Transplant_Games
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