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Team Tennessee Wins Gold at Transplant Games
July 1, 2026
Tennessee residents, Tom Satkowiak, Travis Fuller, and Tennessee Donor Services Sr. External Affairs Coordinator, Billy Jarvis, brought home the gold at this year’s Transplant Games of America after competing in the pickleball tournament.
The Transplant Games is the world’s largest celebration of life, bringing together thousands of transplant recipients, living donors, donor families, patients on the waiting list, medical professionals, and supporters together for six days of athletic competitions, special events, and educational programming.
Watch as WVLT catches up with this year’s reigning champions as they reflect on their win after returning from Denver, CO.
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Tennessee Donor Services a non-profit, organ procurement organization (OPO) dedicated to saving and improving lives by connecting organ and tissue donations to the patients who need them. TDS serves nearly five and a half million people in Tennessee and Virginia.
