22.04.2025 18:22
In a friendly javelin competition held in Erzurum, 44-year-old Adem Geyik suffered a heart attack while on horseback and passed away. Those moments were recorded by bystanders with a mobile phone camera.
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On April 20, a friendly match was held between Uzunyayla Equestrian Sports Club and Üç Hilal Equestrian Sports Club in the rural Uzunyayla neighborhood of Yakutiye district in Erzurum.
HE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK ON THE HORSE
In the second half of the match, Adem Geyik, an athlete from Uzunyayla Equestrian Sports Club, suffered a heart attack while riding back after using a javelin against the opposing team and lost his balance, falling backward to the ground.
IT WAS CAPTURED SECOND BY SECOND ON CAMERA
These moments of Geyik were captured second by second on a mobile phone camera by his friends.
HE COULD NOT BE SAVED
His friends, who wanted to take Geyik to the hospital by car, handed him over to the 112 Emergency Health teams they encountered on the way. Adem Geyik, who was taken to Atatürk University Research Hospital by ambulance, could not be saved despite all interventions.
HE WAS BURIED
While his relatives and the sports community were devastated by the sad news, Geyik, a married father of two, was buried in the Asri Cemetery after the noon prayer held at Narmanlı Mosque yesterday.
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