Name Sofia Bekatorou Role Olympic athlete | Height 1.72 m Spouse Andreas Kosmatopoulos | |
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Children Georgia Kosmatopoulou, Dimitris Kosmatopoulos Olympic medals Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling, Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 470 Similar People Grigoris Arnaoutoglou, Maria Iliaki, Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb Gosling, Mandy Mulder |
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Sofia Bekatorou (Greek: Σοφία Μπεκατώρου; born 26 December 1977 in Athens), is a Greek sailing champion.
She has participated in over 470 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.
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