Transplant Athletics

The Transplant Games 

2004 U.S. Transplant Games, in Minneapolis, MN, July 27 - August 1, on the campus of the University of Minnesota. For more information, see www.kidney.org/recips/athletics/04games, or contact the Transplant Athletics department at the National Kidney Foundation, 1-800-622-9010.

2003 World Transplant Games were held in Nancy, France, July 19-27.

2002 U.S. Transplant Games at Disney's Wide World of Sports, Orlando, FL, June 26-29, 2002

2001 Winter World Translant Games in Switzerland at Nendaz, 14-19 January 2001.

2001 World Transplant Games in Kobe, Japan, August 25 - September 1, 2001. See the organizers' web site at http://www.jtr.ne.jp/splash.html for more information.

2000 U.S. Transplant Games at Disney's Wide World of Sports, Orlando, FL, June 21-24, 2000.

1999 World Transplant Games; 1999 Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Transplant Federation (Magyar Transzplantáltak Kulturális és Sportegyesületének)
Also visit the following team web pages:

The 1999 Winter World Transplant Games; Snowbird, Utah
The 1998 U.S. Transplant Games
; Columbus, Ohio
The 1997 World Transplant Games; Sydney, Australia
The 1996 U.S. Transplant Games; Salt Lake City, Utah

Organizations

The Journal of the World Transplant Games Federation
Canadian Transplant Games Association
Dutch World Transplant Games Foundation
Hope Sports & Figure Skater Hillary Schieve
Team Alpha One
U.S.Teams: Michigan, Minnesota,Oklahoma, Southern California
Reg Green's eyewitness account of The 2002 Nicholas Cup!
(ski and snowboarding competition in Switzerland,
for children who have received transplants)
See also:

ride web site
Janelle London's "Five Points of Life" Ride Diary
(written as she bicycled all the way from Maine to Florida, August 25 - October 15, 2000)

Individual Activities

Heart Recipient Kelly Perkins Climbed Half Dome, at Yosemite , and Mt. Whitney in California
Organs 'R' Us (promotes organ donation though athletic events)

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