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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 Games

Year Games Host Dates Nations Athletes Ref
1978 1 United Kingdom Portsmouth, Great Britain
1979 2 United Kingdom Portsmouth, Great Britain
1980 3 United States New York City, United States
1982 4 Greece Athens, Greece
1984 5 Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
1987 6 Austria Innsbruck, Austria
1989 7 Singapore Singapore
1991 8 Hungary Budapest, Hungary
1993 9 Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1995 10 United Kingdom Manchester, Great Britain
1997 11 Australia Sydney, Australia
1999 12 Hungary Budapest, Hungary
2001 13 Japan Kobe, Japan
2003 14 France Nancy, France
2005 15 Canada London, Ontario, Canada
2007 16 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand
2009 17 Australia Gold Coast, Australia
2011 18 Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden
2013 19 South Africa Durban, South Africa [1]
2015 20 Argentina Mar del Plata, Argentina 23 – 30 August 44 1,110 [2]
2017 21 Spain Málaga, Spain 25 June – 2 July 52 2,500 [3]
2019 22 United Kingdom Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, Great Britain 17 - 23 August 60 2,400 [4]
2021 - United States Houston, Texas, USA Canceled [5][1]
2023 23 Australia Perth, Australia 15 – 21 April

Winter Games

Year Games Host Dates Nations Athletes Ref
1994 1 France Tignes, France
1996 2 France Pra-Loup, France
1999 3 United States Snowbird, Utah, United States
2001 4 Switzerland Nendaz, Switzerland
2004 5 Italy Bormio, Italy
2008 6 Finland Rovaniemi, Finland
2010 7 France Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, France
2012 8 Switzerland Anzere, Switzerland
2014 9 France La Chapelle-d'Abondance, France
2016 - not held [6]
2018 10 Switzerland Anzère, Switzerland 7–12 January
2020 11 Canada Banff, Alberta, Canada 23 - 28 February [7]
2022 12 Italy Bormio, Italy (Postponed) [8]

Sports

Age Groups

Seniors age groups:

  • (18–29), (30–39), (40–49), (50–59), (60–69) and (70+). 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/

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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)
  3. ^ "2017 Summer Transplant Games Official Web Site". Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  4. ^ "2019 Summer Transplant Games Official Web Site". Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Media Release: World Transplant Games - New host city awarded". Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. ^ "HOST FOR THE 2018 WINTER WORLD TRANSPLANT GAMES ANNOUNCED" (Press release). World Transplant Games Federation. 4 May 2017.
  7. ^ "11TH WORLD TRANSPLANT WINTER GAMES 2020" (Press release). World Transplant Games Federation. 20 June 2019.
  8. ^ "12TH WORLD TRANSPLANT WINTER GAMES TO TAKE PLACE IN BORMIO, ITALY IN 2022" (Press release). World Transplant Games Federation. 20 June 2021.