News & Updates

Medal ceremony at the German Championships

Website Update: New Event Information and Official Programme Guide Now Available

We’re excited to share that the WTG2025 website has just been updated with fresh details for many of this year’s highlight events – from the colorful Parade of Nations on 17 August, to the action-packed Darts Night with Max Hopp

WTG2025 Livestream & Daily Video Highlights

Experience the World Transplant Games 2025 from anywhere!

Germany reaches milestone: 100,000th kidney transplant performed

In July 2025, Germany marked a historic milestone with the 100,000th kidney transplant since the country’s first such procedure in 1963. This achievement, announced by the German Organ Transplantation Foundation (DSO), symbolizes not only six decades of medical progress but

Participant information: Delay of gala dinner ticket purchase

Gala dinner ticket purchase unfortunately delays by about 2 days. Once ready - each LITE package participant will receive an individualized link via mass emailing. Please note - tickets costs 99 EUR per ticket. They are non-refundable and cannot be

Elke Büdenbender reaffirms her support as patron of the World Transplant Games 2025

The World Transplant Games 2025 in Dresden will be held under the esteemed patronage of Elke Büdenbender, the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Germany—a fact we proudly shared earlier. Today, we’re excited to revisit and spotlight this meaningful
Bera Wierhake

Save the date: IPSOT-Symposium

We are pleased to invite you to the IPSOT Symposium 2025, hosted by TransDia Sport Deutschland e.V., taking place from 22–23 August 2025 at the International Congress Center Dresden (ICD).
Cycling

Explore the WTG2025 cycling route

We are excited to announce that the cycling competitions and the sprint triathlon at the World Transplant Games 2025 will take place in a truly beautiful and dynamic setting: the Brettmühlenteich in Thiendorf, located just northeast of Dresden. This scenic
Dresden’s Sports Mayor Jan Donhauser (center) presented medals to the most successful participants, including Bera Wierhake (right). Photo: City Sport Marketing / Erik-Holm Langhof

Successful Test Run for the World Transplant Games 2025

From 1 to 4 May, around 200 athletes from across Germany took part in the 44th German Championships for Transplanted and Dialysis Patients in Dresden. These national championships also served as a crucial test event for the World Transplant Games
Erika Kaiser at the WTG triathlon

From the edge of life to the heart of the games: Erika Kaiser’s story of hope, healing, and heroism

When Erika Kaiser takes the starting line in Dresden at the World Transplant Games 2025, she’ll be racing with more than just determination—she’ll be racing with the heart of a survivor and the soul of a storyteller.
Christina Finke (Principal, Private School IBB gGmbH Dresden), Marko Schimke (Chairman, University Sports Center Dresden), Gudrun Manuwald-Seemüller (Managing Director of World Transplant Games 2025 Dresden GmbH, Chairwoman of TransDia Sport Germany e.V.), Petra Köpping (Saxon State Minister for Social Affairs, Health and Social Cohesion), Roland Kaiser (Ambassador), Tamara Schwab (participant, 2024 Vice Miss Germany, author), and Dirk Hilbert (Mayor of the City of Dresden).

Roland Kaiser becomes ambassador for the World Transplant Games 2025 in Dresden

Dresden, April 7 – The summer of 2025 in Dresden will be a celebration of second chances at life. From August 17 to 24, the World Transplant Games (WTG) will take place in the capital of Saxony—marking the first time
Bera, TX, Robert

TX teddy joins the DGCH organ donation run

The DGCH Organ Donation Run is an annual initiative by the German Society of Surgery (DGCH), held as part of the DCK Congress, which took place this year from March 26 to 28, 2025. Yesterday, on March 27, the in-person
Jeandre Geldenhuys

South Africa represented on the global stage

More than 2,000 athletes from over 50 countries, all recipients of life-saving organ transplants, living donors and donor family members, will come together to celebrate the power of sport and organ donation. Among them is Jeandre Geldenhuys, an experienced swimmer
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