Medical Information

MEDICAL – Important Notice

You should have all received information relating to the Influenza and the Novel Coronavirus (Wuhan) Pneumonia. Please ensure all attendees follow the suggestions and measures put in place by the medical team prior to and during the games.

Further information on this will be communicated with all over the next few days.

Medical Requirements

Entry is open to all recipients of life supporting allografts and hemopoetic cell transplants from other individuals or species which require or have required the use of immunosuppressive drug therapies.
Competitors must have been transplanted for at least 1 year, with stable graft function, be medically fit and have trained at the events in which they have entered.
If a potential competitor has been transplanted for at least 6 months, with stable graft function, has been training and has permission from his own doctor, his entry may be considered by the WTGF medical committee and be allowed.
Before competing, each competitor must have completed a medical certificate signed by his/her own transplant specialist, giving details of blood count, graft function, blood pressure, medications and any complications of chronic organ failure or immunosuppressive therapy.

Please download the relevant medical forms here.

2020 Transplant Athlete Medical form

2020 Transplant Donor Athlete Medical form

Nicholas Cup Week Medical Form

Please print off a hard copy and take with you to your appointment for your doctor to complete. You will then be required to input this information onto the World Transplant Games online medical form – the online forms are now live and we cannot accept medical forms by any other means.

ONLINE FORMS – click the link below to submit your online forms!

2020 Transplant Athlete Medical form

2020 Transplant Donor Athlete Medical form

Nicholas Cup Week Medical Form

Everyone competing in the Games is required to submit a form. Submitted forms will be reviewed by the World Transplant Winter Games 2020 Medical Committee whose decision will be final. You will only be notified if we need further clarification.

Once forms are approved, the Medical Committee will ensure the 2020 registration system is updated in order to progress your arrangements for the 2020Games.

Please send any queries you have about this process to your team managers.

All athletes will be required to complete Medical Forms in order for you to participate.