The games are a multi-sport festival event to help promote the need for Organ, Eye, and Tissue donation. The purpose is to show the world that transplantation is a treatment that does indeed work.
The games started as a way to get the word out about the important need for organ and tissue donation and that is our goal today. Over the years it has grown into an event that brought transplant and donor families together. As a Donor Family you may not meet the person that has your loved ones organ, but you get a chance to see how your donation has changed someone else life. As a transplant recipient you get to show the world that having a transplant is a second chance at life.
National Statistics
Kidney | 94,301 |
Liver | 12,646 |
Heart | 3,657 |
Lung | 1,274 |
Kidney/Pancreas | 1,735 |
Pancreas | 867 |
Intestine | 239 |
Heart/Lung | 52 |
TOTAL | 112,046 |
Source: United Network for Organ Sharing - Facts and Figures
(Based on OPTN data as of March 10, 2020)
Totals may be less than the sums due to patients included in multiple categories.
Registration for the 2020 Games will open at a later date.
The 2020 Transplant Games of America will be held July 16-21, 2021, at the Meadowlands of New Jersey.
Tentative medaling events include:
The 2020 Transplant Games of America will be held July 16-21, 2021, at the Meadowlands of New Jersey.
Anyone can participate in the Games REGARDLESS of where you live. This means international participants can participate if they wish. If you are both a transplant recipient and team leader you are welcome to participate as well! To participate as an athlete, you must meet the Division One, Division Two or Donor Family requirements:
Division One Requirements: Have received a life-altering solid organ transplant (regardless if you are taking anti-rejection meds)
Division Two Requirements: You are a Living Donor, Tissue, Cornea, or Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient.
Donor Family Requirements: You are a donor family member.
Other Requirements:
Note: Both Living Donors and Donor Families can participate! Check the FAQ "Are living donors and donor families welcome at TGA?"
*Participation terms subject to change.
Yes, absolutely! Living donors will be eligible to compete in eligible individual sports offered (check each sport page for further clarification). Also, a special recognition of Donor Families will take place as part of our special event programming! New for the 2020 Transplant Games, Donor Families are allowed to compete! They will be able to participate in the 5k, Dancing with the Scars, Lyrics for Life, and Trivia.
Individuals are allowed to sign up for the team in their state of residence, or the state where they received their transplant. Some exceptions will need to be made on an individual case basis. Please see our Teams Page for the most current contact information.
According to our logo designer, Mika Denny at MikaWorks Promo Design
The star themed logo was used for a variety of reasons:
Only badminton and bowling are competitors allowed to compete in both regular and mixed doubles. This is subject to change.
However:
**Division 1 and Division 2 athletes can only play with other athletes in their same division and same team for regular doubles.
**Mixed doubles is where a MALE and FEMALE from the same team and same division are partnered together. (This needs to be clear to all participants.)
*NOTE: Athletes are responsible of finding their own partner for double's competitions.
Athletes can participate in up to 5 individual sports, not including the team sports (basketball and volleyball). Athletes can participate in as many events within an individual sport as they want. For example, an athlete can sign up for the "sport" Swimming and the "events" 100 freestyle, 50 backstroke, 50 butterfly and 200 individual medley. Those are all events within the sport swimming. This athlete would still have four other individual sports to choose from.
Age Groups
Athletes will compete by gender in the following age groups: 14-17, 18–29,
30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, and 70+. Children under 14 years of age will
compete in designated children’s events in the following age groups: 5 and
under, 6-10, and 11-13. Age on the day of the Opening Ceremony will apply.
Volleyball, 3-on-3 basketball, team relay events in track and swimming, lyrics for life, and trivia challenge will be one open age category—i.e., no age classifications. All other events are age categorized. In doubles events that are age-categorized, if the members of a pair are in different age groups, the pair will be classified in the younger age group. If one of the players is under 18, the pair will play in the adult category.
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