Promising Turkish Ski Racer Dies in Ski Resort Hotel Fire
1st April 2025
Berkin Usta, 25 years old, represented his country in many international competitions. He competed in the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival and took Turkey’s best ranking in the men’s…
Read more >
Berkin Usta, 25 years old, represented his country in many international competitions.
He competed in the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival and took Turkey’s best ranking in the men’s giant slalom event.
In 2021, he won a silver medal at the FIS Alpine Skiing Anatolia Cup and was one of seven athletes representing Turkey at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
He died alongside his father Yahya, 57, at a fire in the Kervansaray Hotel in the Uludağ ski resort.
The Turkey ski team has expressed its condolences.
“We were deeply saddened to learn that our national skier Berkin Usta, who represented Türkiye at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, tragically lost his life at the age of 25 in the Uludağ fire,” it said in a statement.
“May God have mercy on our national athlete and his father, Yahya Usta, a former national skier, who also perished in the same fire.
“We wish a speedy recovery to his mother, Fikriye Usta, who is still in hospital after the fire,” the statement concluded.
Related articles:
Istanbull in words and pictures
Skiing in Turkey. Image © PlanetSKI
