# Emilia Tsoulfa > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emilia_Tsoulfa > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emilia_Tsoulfa.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia_Tsoulfa > Source revision: 1357303966 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Greek sailor Emilia Tsoulfa Medal record Women's sailing Representing Greece Olympic Games 2004 Athens 470 class **Emilia Tsoulfa** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Αιμιλία Τσουλφά; born 15 May 1973 in [Athens](/source/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.[1] 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](/source/Sofia_Bekatorou).[2] 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](/source/Ariadne_Spanaki) in the [women's 470 event](/source/Sailing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_470) at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics).[3][4][5] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Sailing.org. ["Sofia BEKATOROU & Emilia TSOULFA (GRE)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160404030725/http://www.sailing.org/worldsailor/2004/29727.php). Archived from [the original](http://www.sailing.org/worldsailor/2004/29727.php) on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-13. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ΙΣΤΙΟΠΛΟΪΚΟΣ ΟΜΙΛΟΣ ΠΕΙΡΑΙΩΣ (Sailing Club of Piraeus). ["Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες (Olympic Games)"](http://www.iop.gr/olympic_diakriseis.php). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Wichmann, Anna (14 March 2021). ["Greek Sailor Tsoulfa Qualifies for Olympics 17 Years After Gold Medal"](https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/14/greek-sailor-tsoulfa-qualifies-for-olympics-17-years-after-gold-medal/). *GreekReporter.com*. Retrieved 2021-04-11. 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. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Sailing: Women's Two Person Dinghy 470 Start List"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210802150222/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SAL/OG2020-_SAL_C51FA_SALW470---------------PREL--------.pdf) (PDF). *Tokyo 2020 Olympics*. [Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games](/source/Tokyo_Organising_Committee_of_the_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games). Archived from [the original](https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SAL/OG2020-_SAL_C51FA_SALW470---------------PREL--------.pdf) (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Tokyo 2020 - Sailing - Results Book"](https://library.olympics.com/Default/digital-viewer/d-849137). [The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games](/source/The_Tokyo_Organising_Committee_of_the_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games). 4 August 2021. ## External links - [Emilia Tsoulfa](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/emilia-tsoulfa?ref=GREET3) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived, [alternate link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=GREET3)) - [Emilia Tsoulfa](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/emilia-tsoulfa) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) - [Emilia Tsoulfa](https://web.archive.org/web/20191104090537/https://www.olympic.org/emilia-tsoulfa) at Olympic.org (archived) - [Emilia Tsoulfa](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61069) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [Athens 2004 | Bekatorou / Tsoulfa Medal Ceremony](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSGTAUxSjAo) on YouTube v t e Olympic champions in women's 470 1988: Allison Jolly & Lynne Jewell (USA) 1992: Theresa Zabell & Patricia Guerra (ESP) 1996: Theresa Zabell & Begoña Vía Dufresne (ESP) 2000: Jenny Armstrong & Belinda Stowell (AUS) 2004: Sofia Bekatorou & Emilia Tsoulfa (GRE) 2008: Elise Rechichi & Tessa Parkinson (AUS) 2012: Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie (NZL) 2016: Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark (GBR) 2020: Hannah Mills & Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) v t e World champions in women's 470 1985: K. Johnson & G. Johnson 1987: Meyer & Adlkofer 1988: Söderström & Bengtsson 1989: Meyer & Adlkofer 1990: Stemmler & Lenkmann 1991: Isler & Healy 1992: Zabell & Guerra 1993: Bohn & Rohatzsch 1994: Bohn & Rohatzsch 1995: Zabell & Vía Dufresne 1996: Zabell & Vía Dufresne 1997: Taran & Pakholchyk 1998: Taran & Pakholchyk 1999: Taran & Pakholchyk 2000: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2001: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2002: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2003: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2004: Torgersson & Zachrisson 2005: de Koning & Berkhout 2006: de Koning & Berkhout 2007: de Koning & Berkhout 2008: Maxwell & Kinsolving 2009: Westerhof & Berkhout 2010: Westerhof & Berkhout 2011: Pacheco & Betanzos 2012: Mills & Clark 2013: Aleh & Powrie 2014: Vadlau & Ogar 2015: Vadlau & Ogar 2016: Lecointre & Defrance 2017: Skrzypulec & Gliszczyńska 2018: Yoshida & Yoshioka 2019: Mills & McIntyre 2021: Mas & Cantero v t e ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female) 1994: Zabell 1995: Autissier 1996: Lee 1997: Taran & Pakholchyk 1998: Brouwer 1999: Matthijsse 2000: Robertson 2001: MacArthur 2002: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2003: Sundby 2004: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2005: MacArthur 2006: Railey 2007: Leroy 2008: Sensini 2009: Tunnicliffe 2010: Manchón 2011: Tunnicliffe 2012: Xu 2013: Aleh & Powrie 2014: Grael & Kunze 2015: Ayton 2016: Mills & Clark 2017: Bouwmeester 2018: Brouwer & Riou 2019: Rindom 2020: not awarded 2021: Mills & McIntyre 2022: Banti 2023: Neuschäfer 2024: Bouwmeester This article about a Greek Olympic medalist is a stub. 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