Sofia Bekatorou
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| Native name | Σοφία Μπεκατώρου | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 December 1977 Athens, Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sofia Bekatorou (Greek: Σοφία Μπεκατώρου; born 26 December 1977) is a Greek sailing champion.[1]
Career
[edit]She has participated in over hundreds of main class events including 2004 Summer Olympics sailing competition, where she won the gold medal in the women's double-handed dinghy event in the 470 with her pair Emilia Tsoulfa (Greece). After a serious back injury, she won a bronze medal in the yngling keelboat class at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]
Bekatorou was the first female flag bearer for Greece in the history of Summer Olympics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, participating in the Olympic Games for the 4th time.[2] She and partner Mike Pateniotis competed in the Nacra 17 event. They finished in 18th place.[3]
#MeTinSofia
[edit]Bekatorou started the Hellenic #MeToo movement (#MeTinSofia) after revealing a sexual harassment and abuse episode involving a senior Hellenic Sailing Federation (HSF) member in his hotel room, shortly after trials for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Soon, the senior was revealed to be Aristides Adamopoulos, the vice-president of HSF and also, a member of the New Democracy political party. The interview triggered a wave of resignations in the HSF and echoed massively across Greece and eventually inspired Zeta Douka and a number of other actors to come forward with their own stories of sexual harassment and abuse.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Politics
[edit]Sofia Bekatorou was a candidate in the 2024 European Parliament elections with the SYRIZA party.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sofia Bekatorou". Global Sports Mentoring. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Olympics 2016: Sofia Bekatorou First Woman Selected as Standard-Bearer". greekreporter. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "#MeToo movement takes off in Greece". Deutsche Welle. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Greece's #MeToo movement". NewEurope. 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "#MeToo has also arrived in Greece (original: "Το #MeToo έφτασε και στην Ελλάδα")". Kathimerini. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "#MeToo provoque un séisme en Grèce". LeSoir. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Greek actresses accuse George Kimoulis of workplace bullying". NeosKosmos. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "The Greek #MeToo movement gains momentum because Greece's Athlete A had the courage to speak out about her abuse". Hellenic News of America. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Η Σοφία Μπεκατώρου… άνοιξε πανιά για την ευρωβουλή – Διεκδικεί μια θέση στο ευρωψηφοδέλτιο του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ". in. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sofia Bekatorou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013.
- Her racing history and attendacy at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 October 2008)
- Her involvement with International Children's Games
External links
[edit]- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 August 2013)
- Sofia Bekatorou at World Sailing
- Sofia Bekatorou at Olympics.com
- Sofia Bekatorou at Olympic.org (archived)
- Sofia Bekatorou at Olympedia (archive)
- Sofia Bekatorou at the Hellenic Olympic Committee
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Sailors (sport) from Athens
- Greek female sailors (sport)
- Olympic gold medalists for Greece
- Olympic bronze medalists for Greece
- Olympic sailors for Greece
- Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470
- Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- European champions for Greece
- ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female)
- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17
- World champions in sailing for Greece
- 470 class world champions
- Greek Olympic medalist stubs
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