World Transplant Games
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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 |
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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
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23 – 30 August | 44 | 1,110 | [2] |
| 2017 | 21 |  Málaga, Spain
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25 June – 2 July | 52 | 2,500 | [3] |
| 2019 | 22 | Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, Great Britain
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17–23 August | 60 | 2,400 | [4] |
| 2021 | - | 23
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| 2023 | 24 | Perth, Australia
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Winter Games
| 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 | [6] | |||
| 2018 | 10 | Anzère, Switzerland
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7–12 January | |||
| 2020 | 11 | Banff, Alberta, Canada
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23–28 February | [7] | ||
| 2022 | 12 | Bormio, Italy
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(Postponed) | [8] | ||
Sports
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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
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.
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
- ^ 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.
