Sofia Bekatorou is a double Olympic medallist in sailing who has participated in 5 Olympic Games (Sydney 2000 – Rio 2016), four as an athlete and one as a coach. She has received twice the best Sailor of the Year Award from the World Sailing Federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sofia has been involved with a broad range of social responsibility activities implementing programs supported by the Hellenic Olympic Academy against bullying, promoting the Olympic values internationally. She has created a Science Technology and Math (STEM) sailing curriculum for schools which was run at DES School for 3 years. Sofia is a feminist supporting Gender Equality in sports and life and has landed some important \u201cfirsts\u201d in her life, including being the first woman Olympic Flag Bearer for Greece (Rio 2016) and being the woman who fired the #metoo movement in Greece upon speaking openly of her sexual abuse experience as an athlete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She has served as a member of the Hellenic Olympic Committee\u2019s Board of Directors as an Athlete\u2019s representative, as well as on multiple committees for World Sailing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In collaboration with the European Antiviolence Network, NGO, she has contributed to the creation of the first platform for reporting abuse and is currectly part of a Task Force Group that seeks best practices and protocols among all stakeholders for the decrease of Domestic violence in Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is a certified sailing coach and holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She currently works as a Psychologist in her private office and in a mental health Clinique (Vima Koino). She is a public speaker who designs and implements interactive seminars for companies and schools. She is a proud mother of two children, Dimitris 14 and Georgia 11 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"