August 22, 2004

• Sofia Bekatorou & Emilia Tsoulfa

  Too cool!

  Gold mettle After finishing a poor 15th at the 2003 European Championship in Brest, France, Tsoulfa and Bekatorou bounced back to win the 2003 Worlds in Cadiz, Spain. Tsoulfa credits the lackluster Brest finish for motivating them. “That made us more obstinate and we went to Cadiz determined to get the scepter back and we did,” she says. As gold medal favorites in Athens, Bekatorou and Tsoulfa don’t dodge the pressure of winning at home. “We want that medal very much and we will continue to work hard till next summer,” she says. “We have promised it to ourselves and to the Greek people.” from http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletebios/5018391/detail.html

  BEKATOROU-TSOULFA SECURED THE GOLD Athens, 19 August 2004 (16:48 UTC+2) The Greek crew of Sophia Bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfa secured the gold medal in the women’s 470 class. from http://www.mpa.gr/article.html?doc_id=473511 BEKATOROU Sofia — Women’s 470 Date of Birth: December 26, 1977 Gender: Female Place of Birth: Athens, Greece Hometown: Athens, Greece Club: N.O. Kallitheas Higher Education: Metsovio University (Athens, Greece) – Civil Engineering Occupation: Civil Engineer Languages Spoken: Greek, English, German and French Qualification for Olympics: Finished 5th in the 1998 World Championships in Palma de Mallorca Started competing: Age 9, Greece Personal Coach: Elias MYLONAS (Greece) Coach since: 1997 Other performances: 1st – Women’s 470 – Hyeres – France – 1998 3rd – Women’s 470 – ISAF Dubai World Championships – Dubai – 1998 5th – Women’s 470 – World Championships – Palma – 1998 7th – Women’s 470 – World Championships – Melbourne – 1999 1st – Women’s 470 – World Championships – Balaton, Hungary – 2000 3rd – Women’s 470 – European Championships- Turkey – 1998 5th – Women’s 470 – European Championship – Zadar, Croatia – 1999 1st – Women’s 470 – European Championship – Garda, Italy – 2000 from http://www.sailing.org/olympics2000/info2000/bio_0112784.asp

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