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 editions[]

Year	Games	Host	Dates	Nations	Athletes	Ref
1978		Portsmouth, Great Britain
1979		Portsmouth, Great Britain
1980		New York City, United States
1982		Athens, Greece
1984		Amsterdam, Netherlands
1987		Innsbruck, Austria
1989		Singapore
1991		Budapest, Hungary
1993		Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1995		Manchester, Great Britain
1997		Sydney, Australia
1999		Budapest, Hungary
2001		Kobe, Japan
2003		Nancy, France
2005		London, Ontario, Canada
2007		Bangkok, Thailand
2009		Gold Coast, Australia
2011		Gothenburg, Sweden
2013		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	29 May - 5 June	Canceled		[5][1]
2023		Perth, Australia	15 – 21 April

Winter editions[]

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

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[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Results and Medal Table