Michael Fricke

Hometown
Bemidji, MN 

Connection to donation/transplantation
I received a heart transplant in December of 2016 at Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis.

Competitions/Events at the 2022 Transplant Games of America 
Singles Golf, Doubles golf, Volleyball, Darts.  

How many Transplant Games have you attended? 
I have been to one other Games – Salt Lake City in 2018.  

Why do you participate in the Transplant Games?
To help raise awareness for organ donation and to honor donors and their families.   

One thing you want others to know about donation
Organ donation saved my life at the age of 32 after 5 years of heart failure and help return my life to a new normal that I though was never possible thanks to the heroic act of my Donor Jeffery.