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Retired SAT Commando Namık Ekin's new record attempt

Retired SAT Commando Namık Ekin, who has signed 18 Guinness World Records so far, is preparing for a new record attempt. Aiming to throw 3000 judoists out of the back 24 hours without going underwater and sleeping, Ekin signs the 19th Guinness World Record attempt on behalf of Istanbul Gelisim University.

Retired SAT Commando Namık Ekin, who participated in the Sports Workshop in Istanbul, stated that he is preparing a new record attempt. Ekin, who will carry out the new Guinness World Record trial at the Kadıköy Municipality Acıbadem Swimming Pool, aims to throw 3000 judoists off the back 24 hours without ever getting out of the pool and sleeping. Ekin conducts his 19th Guinness World Record attempt on behalf of Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU), where he advises sports training.

Expressing that he will combine judo and fish manhood under water, Ekin said: “I will throw out 3000 judoists by eating under water without getting out of the water for 24 hours. All the judoists will come to me for help. The record attempt will start when I enter the water on March 16 at 11:00 and end on March 17 at 11:00.”

“WE PREFERRED A HEATED POOL”

Stating that he will try to break the record in a heated pool, Ekin said: “I will break the record in the heated pool of Kadıköy Municipality in Acıbadem. Because the biggest danger for me is shaking. After a certain hour you lose heat, chills and bruising begin. Performance is deteriorating, you cannot think well and you cannot make the right decision. For this reason, we preferred a pool that can be heated.”

“I’VE COMPETED IN 14 DIFFERENT BRANCHES”

Stating that he owes his health to live programmatically, Namık Ekin added: “I am 78 years old. I have been doing sports since I was 8 years old. I competed in 14 different branches and I still compete. I eat well. I follow the science of sports. I have written 17 books on these topics. 7 were printed. We donated all of their income to the disabled.”

“WE WILL TRY A NEW RECORD”

In the workshop, where the chairman of IGU Board of Trustees, Abdulkadir Gayretli also made statements on that they have always supported Namık Ekin, Gayretli added: “In the past years, Ekin has lifted 301 tons and 115 kilograms in total, 3.5 hours before the expiration period, without ever getting under water and sleeping. He conducted 18th Guinness World Record on behalf of IGU, exceeding the target of 273 tons, 5 hours and 15 minutes prior to the  24-hour expiry. Now we will try a new record together.”
 
INTERESTING RECORDS OF NAMIK EKIN

On 10 November 2015, he jumped from a 58-meter-high altitude of Bosphorus Bridge near Ortaköy with parachute, released his parachute 22 meters left to the water. The time between jumping from the bridge, opening the parachute, filling the parachute with air and touching the water was calculated by laser measurements as 6-odd seconds by Guinness. Considering the jump as "very dangerous", Guinness did not record it so that others would not endanger themselves in order to break this record.

In 2015, he rose to 38.5 meters by crane and jumped from here with a parachute. This is the lowest altitude jump ever made from a crane.

In 2014, he broke the record by making 4 thousand 627 judo throws without stopping in 24 hours.
On March 18, 2014, in the memory of Çanakkale martyrs, he lifted 379 tons of 285 kilograms in 24 hours and took the record in this field from American Clarance Bass.

In 2014, he jumped from Istanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge with a parachute. 6 meters to hitting the mansions in the extreme wind, he managed to land in the water by turning his parachute into the sea at the last moment.

In 2011, he broke the 34-kilometer record of the US Tonny REBEL by swimming 36 thousand 800 meters underwater in 24 hours.

During the 2009 International Parachute Festivals in Fethiye, he realized one more incredible activity: he broke the records of parachuting the lowest in the world and opening the parachute at the lowest.