Sofia Bekatorou

Sofia Bekatorou (Greek: Σοφία Μπεκατώρου; born 26 December 1977 in Athens and living in Athens, is a Greek sailing champion.

Sofia Bekatorou

Medal record
Women's sailing
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 470 class
2008 Beijing Yngling class
World Championships
2000 Balatonfured 470 class
2001 Koper 470 class
2002 Cagliari 470 class
2003 Cadiz 470 class
European Championships
2001 Dun Laoghaire 470 class
2002 Tallinn 470 class
2000 Dervio 470 class
2007 Warnemunder Yngling class

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.

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. She and partner Mike Pateniotis competed in the Nacra 17 event. They finished in 18th place.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Alexandros Nikolaidis
Flagbearer for  Greece
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Succeeded by
Incumbent


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