Floorball player died after lying in a coma for eight days – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): The Swedish floorball player Tobias Wendel Stig (34) is dead.

Wendel Stig played at the Norwegian club Gjelleråsen and collapsed with cardiac arrest during a match in the elite division on Saturday 31 October.

– The family has now gone out with confirmation that “Tobbe” had to give lost in their most important match of their lives, writes head of Gjelleråsen Elite, Thor Dag Falkeid, the SMS said.

– My thoughts go first and foremost to his immediate family. This is so pointless and sad that it has not gone up for us yet. So I also think that all his teammates and everyone else in our little bandy family and the sorrow they feel. This is a heavy day for Norwegian and Swedish floorball. Right now we just have to digest the shock, says president of the Norwegian Bandy Federation Erik Hansen said in a statement.

34-year-old died yesterday after a little over a week in an induced coma. It reports Helagotland.se.

– All my thoughts are with the family, girlfriend and daughter in four years. He had a great talent and Tobias was very well liked by everyone on the team, says former teammate Joakim Bandholtz to the site.

The Swedish newspaper Expressen get confirmed from family that floorball player is gone. NTB says that also the club confirms the death Monday morning.

Dropped about

It was the battle between Gjelleråsen and Greåker that Wendel Stig suddenly collapsed. The incident took place in Lihallen in Nittedal. According to Rome Blad was Gjelleråsen player was headed toward the dugout when he should have begun to lurch.

– He fell and those who were in the hall thought at first there was talk about a swoon. When they went to him and saw that he quickly changed color in the face and did not breathe, they realized that there was talk of something much worse, said Sports Director Gjelleråsen bandy, Thor Dag Falkeid to Rome Blad.

According to the local paper was not found a defibrillator in the hall. Nor having approached the swimming pool in the building next to it was found defibrillator.

Worried

– It concerns me very. I’ve known that it has been there before, inside a cupboard. But so it is with a municipal building. What is certain is that we should buy a separate club, although we hold first aid courses regularly, Falkeid said.

Lihallen operated by culture device in Nittedal municipality. Head of Communications Geir Smith Solevåg have no idea why it was not a defibrillator in the hall.

– This is a mystery, for all our halls are equipped with a defibrillator. We shall review the week. It is simply gone, said Smith-Solevåg VG a week ago.