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

2021 World Transplant Games – 5k AnyWay

wtgf.org › 2021-5k-anyway

Winter Games

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

Sports

Summer:

Winter:

Slalom
Giant Slalom
Super Giant Slalom
Parallel Slalom
Nicholas Cup : Slalom Race for Children (A Ski Event for Transplanted Children)

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

8-AUT

References

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

External links

Multi-sport events

Global
Olympic Games	Olympic Games Summer Winter Paralympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games
Parasports	Arafura Games Deaflympics Summer Winter Défi sportif IBSA World Games INAS Global Games Invictus Games World Dwarf Games Special Olympics Summer Winter World Abilitysport Games
Professions	International Army Games Lumberjack World Championship Military World Games World Air Games World Firefighters Games World Police and Fire Games
Youth and students	FISU World University Games (Universiade) World School Sport Games (Gymnasiade) International Youth Green Games International Children's Games SELL Student Games World Interuniversity Games Commonwealth Youth Games CPLP Games University International Sports Festival
Intercommunity	Arab Games BRICS Games Commonwealth Games Croatian World Games Gay Games Highland games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusofonia Games Maccabiah Games Pan-Armenian Games World Transplant Games World Eskimo Indian Olympics World Indigenous Games World Polonia Games
Other	CSIT World Sports Games Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad UCI Cycling World Championships World Beach Games World Combat Games World Games World Masters Games World Mind Games World Nomad Games World Skate Games World Urban Games X Games

Regional
Africa	African Games African Para Games African Youth Games All-Africa University Games West African University Games
Americas	Pan American Pan American Games Parapan American Games Junior Pan American Games Americas Masters Games Central American and the Caribbean Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Latin American ALBA Games Bolivarian Games North American CANUSA Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames South American South American Games South American Beach Games South American University Games South American Youth Games Caribbean Caribbean Games
Asia	Pan Asian Asian Games Summer Winter Asian Para Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Youth Games Southeast Asian SEA Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN Para Games Central Asian Games East Asian Youth Games South Asian Games West Asian Games¹
Europe	Black Sea Games¹ European Games European Masters Games European Championships European Para Championships European Para Youth Games European Youth Olympic Festival EuroGames European Universities Championships European Universities Games Games of the Small States of Europe International Erasmus Games
Oceania	Australian Youth Olympic Festival Micronesian Games Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games Arafura Games
Intercontinental	Arab Games Arctic Winter Games Asia Pacific Deaf Games Asia Pacific Masters Games Isles Indian Ocean Island Games Island Games Jeux des îles Mediterranean Games

National

Americas

Canada British Columbia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors Warrior Games
NCSG, United States³	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina Lakota Nation Texas Wisconsin

Asia

Europe

Historical¹
Pre-Modern Olympics (in order, from 1900 BC to 1859 AD)	Tailteann Games (ancient) Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Isthmian Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games Zappas Olympics
Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games GANEFO Goodwill Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad Workers' Olympiads Spartakiad
Defunct regional or community events	Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games Baltic Sea Games Black Sea Games Central African Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Championship Games FESPIC Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Pacific Ocean Games Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR Tailteann Games (modern) West African Games Women's Islamic Games World Youth Games IWAS World Games Cerebral Palsy Games South African Games North Dakota Netherlands Spartakiad of Albania Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR youth

Winter sports
International	Olympics Paralympics Winter University Games FIS Games Nordic Games¹ Commonwealth¹ World Scout Arctic Winter Games Kennedy Memorial¹ New Zealand Winter Games Winter World Masters Games
Regional	National Winter Games of China Asian Winter Games European Youth Olympic Festival Winter X Games Europe Russian–Chinese Winter Youth Games

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Winter	1994 1996 1999 2001 2004 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

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