World Transplant Games
International Sporting Event
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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
Source:[3]
In 1987 and 2017 the World Transplant Games Federation was officially formed.
Now has nearly 70 member countries.
2013 and 2021 Recognized by IOC.
| Year | Games | Host | Dates | Nations | Athletes | Ref |
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| 1978 | 1 |  Portsmouth, Great Britain |
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| 1979 | 2 | Portsmouth, Great Britain |
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| 1980 | 3 |  New York City, United States |
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| 1982 | 4 |  Athens, Greece |
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| 1984 | 5 |  Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| 1987 | 6 |  Innsbruck, Austria |
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| 1989 | 7 |  Singapore |
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| 1991 | 8 |  Budapest, Hungary |
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| 1993 | 9 |  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| 1995 | 10 | Manchester, Great Britain |
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| 1997 | 11 |  Sydney, Australia |
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| 1999 | 12 | Budapest, Hungary |
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| 2001 | 13 |  Kobe, Japan |
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| 2003 | 14 |  Nancy, France |
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| 2005 | 15 | London, Ontario, Canada |
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| 2007 | 16 |  Bangkok, Thailand |
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| 2009 | 17 | Gold Coast, Australia |
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| 2011 | 18 |  Gothenburg, Sweden |
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| 2013 | 19 |  Durban, South Africa |
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| 2015 | 20 |  Mar del Plata, Argentina |
23 – 30 August | 44 | 1,110 | [5] |
| 2017 | 21 |  Málaga, Spain |
25 June – 2 July | 52 | 2,500 | [6] |
| 2019 | 22 | Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, Great Britain |
17 – 23 August | 60 | 2,400 | [7] |
| 2021 | 23 | 5K AnyWay (2021 Games set for Houston cancelled) |
Virtual | [8] | ||
| 2023 | 24 | Perth, Australia |
15 – 21 April | |||
| 2025 | 25 |  Dresden, Germany |
16 – 23 August | [9] | ||
| 2027 | 26 |  Leuven, Belgium |
1 – 8 August | |||
Winter Games
Source:[10]
| Year | Games | Host | Dates | Nations | Athletes | Ref |
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| 1994 | 1 | Tignes, France |
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| 1996 | 2 | Pra-Loup, France |
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| 1999 | 3 | Snowbird, Utah, United States |
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| 2001 | 4 |  Nendaz, Switzerland |
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| 2004 | 5 |  Bormio, Italy |
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| 2008 | 6 |  Rovaniemi, Finland |
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| 2010 | 7 | Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, France |
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| 2012 | 8 | Anzere, Switzerland |
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| 2014 | 9 | La Chapelle-d'Abondance, France |
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| 2016 | - | not held | [11] | |||
| 2018 | 10 | Anzère, Switzerland |
7–12 January | |||
| 2020 | 11 | Banff, Alberta, Canada |
23–28 February | [12] | ||
| 2022 | (Postponed) | [13] | ||||
| 2024 | 12 | Bormio, Italy |
3–8 March | [13] | ||
Sports
Youth and Core Sports
19 Youth Sports: 10 Summer + 9 Winter Sports[17]
20 Core Sports: 14 Summer + 6 Winter Sports[18][19]
Summer: Badminton, Bowling, Cycling, Darts, Golf, Petanque, Road Running, Squash, Swimming, Track & Field, Table Tennis, Tennis, 3 on 3 Basketball, Volleyball
Winter: Curling, Biathlon, Skiing, Snowboarding, Cross Country, Snowshoeing
All Sports
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Summer: |
Winter:
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SPORTS – DONORS (including deceased donor families and living donors) • Road Race • 50m Freestyle • Athletics: 100m sprint, ball throw, long jump
Records
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.