Sofia Bekatorou (; born 26 December 1977) is a

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sailing champion.

Career

She has participated in over hundreds of main class events including

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sailing competition, where she won the gold medal in the women's double-handed dinghy event in the 470 with her pair

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(Greece). After a serious back injury, she won a bronze medal in the

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keelboat class at the

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. Bekatorou was the first female

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for Greece in the history of Summer Olympics at the

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, participating in the Olympic Games for the 4th time. She and partner

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competed in the

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event. They finished in 18th place.

#MeTinSofia

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

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. Soon, the senior was revealed to be Aristides Adamopoulos, the vice-president of HSF and also, a member of the

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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.

Politics

Sofia Bekatorou was a candidate in the 2024

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elections with the

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party.

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Her involvement with International Children's Games

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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 {{Greece-yachtracing-bio-stub

Career

#MeTinSofia

Politics

See also

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