Sport Is Stronger: Competitive Athlete Thanks to Transplantation Triathlete Elmar Sprink: Second Chance Thanks to Donor Heart Share article Elmar Sprink is considered the fittest heart transplanted person in the world. For almost nine years, the East Westphalian has been on the road with a donor heart - as a triathlete, trail runner, mountain biker, mountain climber, snowboarder, skier and surfer. On the way back, sport was both motivation and vehicle, he says today. A story of someone who consciously enjoys his second chance. Elmar Sprink has fought his way back into endurance sports after a heart transplant. Image credit: David Newton