Sofia Bekatorou

{{short description|Greek sailing champion|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Sofia Bekatorou | image = R2R Wiki photo.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = Bekatorou in 2014 | native_name = Σοφία Μπεκατώρου | native_name_lang = el | birth_name =  | full_name =  | nickname = | nationality = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|12|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Athens]], Greece | death_date =  | death_place = | height =  | weight =  | classes = | club = | collegeteam = | coach = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Women's [[sailing (sport)|sailing]] }} {{Medal|Country | {{GRE}} }} {{Medal|Competition | [[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }} {{Medal|Gold | [[Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 470 class|470 class]] }} {{Medal|Bronze | [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling class|Yngling class]] }} {{Medal|Competition | [[World championships in sailing|World Championships]] }} {{Medal|Gold | 2000 Balatonfüred | 470 class }} {{Medal|Gold | 2001 Koper | 470 class }} {{Medal|Gold | 2002 Cagliari | 470 class }} {{Medal|Gold | [[2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships|2003 Cádiz]] | 470 class }} {{Medal|Competition | [[European championships in sailing|European Championships]] }} {{Medal|Gold | 2001 Dún Laoghaire | 470 class }} {{Medal|Gold | 2002 Tallinn | 470 class }} {{Medal|Silver | 2000 Dervio | 470 class }} {{Medal|Bronze | 2007 Warnemünde | Yngling class }} }}

'''Sofia Bekatorou''' ({{langx|el|Σοφία Μπεκατώρου}}; born 26 December 1977) is a [[Greece|Greek]] sailing champion.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sofia Bekatorou |url=https://globalsportsmentoring.org/global-sports-mentor-program/emerging-leaders/sofia-bekatorou/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Global Sports Mentoring}}</ref>

== Career ==

She has participated in over hundreds of main class events including [[2004 Summer Olympics]] [[Sailing at the 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)|yngling]] keelboat class at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=":0" />

Bekatorou was the first female [[List of flag bearers for Greece at the Olympics|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympics 2016: Sofia Bekatorou First Woman Selected as Standard-Bearer |url=https://greekreporter.com/2016/07/06/olympics-2016-sofia-bekatorou-first-women-selected-as-standard-bearer/ |website=greekreporter |access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref> She and partner [[Mike Pateniotis]] competed in the [[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17|Nacra 17]] event. They finished in 18th place.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/sailing-standings-sa-nacra-17-mixed |title=Rio 2016 |website=Rio 2016 |access-date=2016-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173614/https://www.rio2016.com/en/sailing-standings-sa-nacra-17-mixed |archive-date=2016-08-20 }}</ref>

==#MeTinSofia== {{main|MeToo#Greece}} 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 (Greece)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/metoo-movement-takes-off-in-greece/a-56304797|title=#MeToo movement takes off in Greece|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=21 January 2021|access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.neweurope.eu/article/greeces-metoo-movement/|title=Greece's #MeToo movement|publisher=NewEurope|date=22 January 2021|access-date=27 February 2021|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122190656/https://www.neweurope.eu/article/greeces-metoo-movement/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/society/561255481/to-metoo-eftase-kai-stin-ellada/|title=#MeToo has also arrived in Greece (original: "Το #MeToo έφτασε και στην Ελλάδα")|publisher=Kathimerini|date=8 February 2021|access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lesoir.be/357081/article/2021-02-24/metoo-provoque-un-seisme-en-grece |title=#MeToo provoque un séisme en Grèce|publisher=LeSoir|date=24 February 2021|access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://neoskosmos.com/en/184250/greek-actresses/|title=Greek actresses accuse George Kimoulis of workplace bullying|publisher=NeosKosmos|date=28 January 2021|access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hellenicnews.com/the-greek-metoo-movement-gains-momentum-because-greeces-athlete-a-had-the-courage-to-speak-out-about-her-abuse/|title=The Greek #MeToo movement gains momentum because Greece's Athlete A had the courage to speak out about her abuse|publisher=Hellenic News of America|date=14 February 2021|access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref>

== Politics ==

Sofia Bekatorou was a candidate in the 2024 [[European Parliament]] elections with the [[Syriza|SYRIZA]] party.<ref>{{cite web |title=Η Σοφία Μπεκατώρου… άνοιξε πανιά για την ευρωβουλή – Διεκδικεί μια θέση στο ευρωψηφοδέλτιο του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ |url=https://www.in.gr/2024/03/29/politics/epikairotita/sofia-mpekatorou-anoikse-pania-gia-tin-eyrovouli-diekdikei-mia-thesi-sto-eyropsifodeltio-tou-syriza/ |website=in |date=29 March 2024 |access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>

==See also== * [[Sailing at the Summer Olympics]]

==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/sofia-bekatorou-1.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206061208/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/sofia-bekatorou-1.html |archivedate=2013-12-06 |df= }} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013131459/http://www.sailing.org/20584.php |title=Her racing history and attendacy |date=dmy}} * [http://www.bladerider.com.au/media/releases/Sofia&Dimitris_Sport%20day.pdf Her involvement with International Children's Games]

==External links== * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815095358/http://www.bekatorou.com/ |title=Official website |date=dmy}} * {{World Sailing|id=GRESB1|www=sofia-bekatorou}} * {{Olympics.com|sofia-bekatorou|org_archive=20210117021133}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{HOC profile|bekatorou-sofia}}

{{s-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | before = [[Alexandros Nikolaidis]] | title = [[List of flag bearers for Greece at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for {{GRE}} | years = [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] | after = '''Incumbent''' }} {{s-end}}

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

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