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A Greek sailing coach accused of raping an 11-year-old athlete was arrested Sunday, the latest aftershock from an Olympic champion's allegations of sexual

Story highlights Several other women from the field of sports and beyond have now also spoken out about alleged harassment, and the Greek Supreme Court has urged prosecutors to make responding to such claims a priority. An Olympic sailing champion has accused a top sporting official in Greece of sexual abuse, the country’s first high-profile accusation of sexual assault and abuse of power since the #MeToo movement swept the world in recent years, bringing down powerful figures in the media...

Greece’s Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou’s decision to speak out over an alleged sexual assault by a high-ranking federation official in 1998 has set off the country’s #MeToo movement. Shortly after the former Olympic gold medallist revealed the assault earlier in January during an online event organised by the Ministry of Culture and Sports about the protection of children in sport, dozens of other cases emerged, as a domino effect that exposed the dark side of sports in Greece...

Αssociated Press Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou arrives at the prosecutor s office in Athens, on Wednesday, Jan 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) 1/22/2021 The National Herald      ATHENS - Allegations by Greek olympic sailing gold medalist Sofia Bekatorou she was sexually assaulted in 1998 by a Hellenic Sailing Federation (HSF) official in  his hotel room has sparked other women and athletes to come forward with similar claims and sparked its own #MeToo movement in the...

Saturday, 23 January 2021 The Shooting Federation of Cyprus is aware of at least five incidents of alleged sexual abuse after Commonwealth Games champion Andri Eleftheriou gave the name of an alleged attacker to the police. Eleftheriou had first spoken out about being subject to abuse in 2018, but the incident is back under the spotlight after Greek sailor Sofia Bekatorou made similar allegations this week. Bekatorou, who won gold in the 470 class at a home Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, sai...

It was 1998 when sailing champ Sofia Bekatorou, 21 at the time, was sexually assaulted by a Hellenic Sailing Federation (HSF) official in his hotel room. She has come forth …

Cyprus Rocked By Sexual Assault Claims Of Olympic Shooter By AFP News on January 24 2021 12:16 AM Cyprus has been shaken by a historical sexual assault scandal after Cypriot Olympic shooter Andri Eleftheriou gave the name of her alleged aggressor to police. Allegations of this nature are rare in Cyprus as victims are afraid to come forward. Eleftheriou, 36, was herself ignored after going public in 2018. But the Commonwealth Games gold medallist was encouraged to speak out earlier ...

Olympic Athlete Speaks of Assault and Breaks a Bigger Silence in Greece Sofia Bekatorou, a sailing champion, said she was sexually assaulted by a top sports official, prompting an outpouring of support in a country where the issue has long been ignored. Sofia Bekatorou in Athens on Wednesday. She won a gold medal in her discipline at the 2004 Athens Olympics and bronze four years later in Beijing.Credit...Angelos Tzortzinis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Niki Kitsantonis Published Jan...

Greek Abuse Scandal: Sailing Coach Admits Relationship with 11-Year-Old Athlete January 22, 2021 The Greek sexual abuse scandal experienced a new twist in revelations that came to light on Friday. File photo A Greek sailing coach admitted on Friday that he had had what he called a “relationship” with an 11-year-old athlete in the latest twist in sexual abuse in sport. Speaking anonymously to MEGA’s LiveNews show, the coach — who now lives on a Greek island — denied raping the 11-year...

Media Watch: Fallout From Greek Sex Abuse Scandal 01/19/21 (ATR) The Greek government suspends all funding to the countrys sailing federation as part of a widespread investigation. Sofia Bekatorou (Alkis Konstantinidis/Pool) Ekathimerini.com reports it is part of the fallout from Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou going public about being raped by her coach in 1998. While she did not name the coach, Hellenic Sailing Federation vice president Aristidis Adamopoulos has since been identifi...