Emilia Tsoulfa

{{short description|Greek sailor}} {{MedalTableTop|medals= {{Medal|Sport | Women's [[sailing (sport)|sailing]] }} {{Medal|Country | {{GRE}} }} {{Medal|Competition | [[Olympic Games]] }} {{Medal|Gold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 470 class|470 class]] }} }}

'''Emilia Tsoulfa''' ({{langx|el|Αιμιλία Τσουλφά}}; born 15 May 1973 in [[Athens]]) is a Greek sailor.

She has been sailing in Piraeus Sailing Club since she was 12 years old. She participated in over 470 main classes events and won Gold medals in: 2000, 2001, 2002 World and European championships. Also won the bronze medal in 1998 for European championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sailing.org/worldsailor/2004/29727.php |title=Sofia BEKATOROU & Emilia TSOULFA (GRE) |author=Sailing.org |access-date=2016-04-13 |archive-date=2016-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404030725/http://www.sailing.org/worldsailor/2004/29727.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the Olympic Games of 2004 in Athens, Emilia won the gold medal in the sailing competition / Women's double-handed dinghy event in the 470class with her pair [[Sofia Bekatorou]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iop.gr/olympic_diakriseis.php |title=Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες (Olympic Games) |author=ΙΣΤΙΟΠΛΟΪΚΟΣ ΟΜΙΛΟΣ ΠΕΙΡΑΙΩΣ (Sailing Club of Piraeus)}}</ref> She has also participated at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and also at 1996 Olympic sailing competition in Atlanta (finished 17th), being at that time the first female Greek sailor at the Olympic games.

In the Athens Olympic closing ceremony in 2004, Emilia Tsoulfa with Sofia Bekatorou participated in the extinguishing of the flame.

After her daughter's birth in 2006 she decided to stop for a while from sailing. Emilia now has three daughters and she is serving in the Greek Army as captain.

She competed with [[Ariadne Spanaki]] in the [[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 470|women's 470 event]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greek Sailor Tsoulfa Qualifies for Olympics 17 Years After Gold Medal |url=https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/14/greek-sailor-tsoulfa-qualifies-for-olympics-17-years-after-gold-medal/ |access-date=2021-04-11 |website=GreekReporter.com |first=Anna |last=Wichmann |date=14 March 2021 |language=en-US |quote=After finishing 18th at the World 470 Championships in Portugal in early March, Tsoulfa and her partner Ariadne Spanaki, of the Piraeus Nautical Club, qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SAL/OG2020-_SAL_C51FA_SALW470---------------PREL--------.pdf |title=Sailing: Women's Two Person Dinghy 470 Start List |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=3 August 2021 |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802150222/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SAL/OG2020-_SAL_C51FA_SALW470---------------PREL--------.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://library.olympics.com/Default/digital-viewer/d-849137 |title=Tokyo 2020 - Sailing - Results Book |publisher=[[The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |date=4 August 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=GREET3|www=emilia-tsoulfa}} * {{Olympics.com|emilia-tsoulfa|org_archive=20191104090537}} * {{Olympedia}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSGTAUxSjAo Athens 2004 | Bekatorou / Tsoulfa Medal Ceremony] on YouTube

{{Footer Olympic Champions Women's 470}} {{Footer World Champions Women's 470}} {{ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female)}}

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