LAKE WYNONAH - Ron Boris Jr., who received a heart transplant in 2009, brought home three medals that he won in the Transplant Games of America in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Boris, 51, said Thursday he competed on July 29, 30 and 31 and won a silver in mixed-doubles bowling, a silver in team basketball and a bronze in badminton.
"I'm dedicating them to my donor's family, who are from Delaware," Boris said Thursday.
Born in Pottsville in 1961, Boris graduated from Pottsville Area High School in 1980. He ran in track and field and played football.
He worked as a skilled laborer in the warehouse at the former Alcoa Inc., Cressona, from the early 1980s until 2003, when he was diagnosed with heart problems. He said he suffered a massive heart attack that damaged the left side of his heart.
In 2005, he said doctors told him he needed a transplant. His name was put on a list and he waited 4 1/2 years for a cadaveric donor.
He received the transplant at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, on April 25, 2009.
Today, Boris is on disability and is a volunteer for Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia. His family includes his wife, Danielle, and daughter, Nicki Davis.
