Robert Juneau WINS A SILVER MEDAL in Table Tennis at the World Games
ROBERT JUNEAU returns home to CNY from the World Games held in Australia with a SILVER MEDAL IN TABLE TENNIS….
Congratulations Robert!!!! The National Kidney Foundation of Central NY’s - TEAM CNY announces transplant recipient Robert Juneau, of Marietta, NY, attended the 17th World Transplant Games, in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, August 22-30, 2009. Robert is a double lung transplant recipient.
Robert lost the final round against Sweden. He said the competition was fierce. He made many new lifetime friends while showcasing to the world ORGAN DONATION WORKS. A first-time attendee at the 2008 NKF US Transplant Games in Pittsburg, PA, Robert received two medals; a gold medal in table tennis and a bronze medal in badminton.
The World Transplant Games are the single biggest organ donation and transplantation awareness event in the world and is the ideal way of showing the world what a difference organ donation can make.
The Games embrace all ages, from four years of age to 85 years young, and all are welcome to participate, provided they have received a life-saving organ transplant at least one year before the Games take place. Participants must be medically fit to take part, with no significant complications from their transplant surgery.
The Games include everything from 10-pin bowling and tennis to volleyball and a mini-marathon. There’s athletics, swimming, table tennis, badminton, squash, golf, lawn bowls, and cycling, to name a few. The standard of these Games are high and many records are held.
Past six World Transplant Games:
2009 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 2007 Bangkok, Thailand; 2005 London, Canada; 2003 Nancy, France; 2001 Kobe, Japan; 1999 Budapest, Hungary; 1997 Sydney, Australia
In 2011, the World Games will be held in Sweden. World Transplant Games participants demonstrate the level of health and vitality that can be achieved after transplantation.