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Olympic gold medalist Sofia Bekatorou testifies in landmark sex abuse case in Greece Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou leaves the prosecutors office in Athens on Wednesday after testifying she was sexually assaulted by a sports official in 1998. | REUTERS AFP-JIJI Jan 21, 2021 Athens – An Olympian credited with lau...

#MeToo movement takes off in Greece In November, Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou revealed that she had been the victim of sexual assault. A senior Hellenic Sailing Foundation executive has stepped down. Greek Olympian Sofia Bekatorous accusations have pierced the wall of silence surrounding sexual assault in Greece In ancient Greece, walls would be erected around the city so that Olympic champions could enter in great pomp. No honor was too great for these men. Women were not allowed t...

Olympic champions abuse claim ignites debate in Greece In Greece, an Olympic sailors testimony has forced people to confront issues of sexual abuse. Sofia Bekatorou has accused a senior sports official of sexually assaulting her. Her testimony has sparked shock and anger — and helped others to speak out. Watch video 01:41

BBC News By Kostas Kallergis image copyrightEPA image captionSofia Bekatorou met the Greek president (R) on Monday night and was praised for speaking out When former Olympic champion Sofia Bekatorou revealed she had been sexually assaulted by an unnamed Hellenic Sailing Federation (HSF) executive, few realised her powerful testimony would prompt a #Metoo movement in Greek sport. She was addressing a little-advertised online conference after all. But when the sailing federation hit back at her ...

In this file photo taken on August 19, 2004 Bekatorou waves as she crosses the finish line at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Photo: AFP One of Greeces most successful Olympians and a two-time Games medallist, Sofia Bekatorou, reaped praise this weekend for coming forward with a taboo-breaking sex assault revelation. Bekatorou, a sailing gold medallist, revealed she had suffered sexual assault at the hands of a Greek sailing federation executive shortly after trials for the 2000 Sydney Olymp...

One by one fellow athletes have come forward with similar claims of abuse. Away from the world of sport, women have also emerged to report purported acts of sexual assault. In Thessaloniki, more than 100 female students once enrolled in the northern metropolis’s main university reported being abused by a departmental professor at the institution, according to state-run TV. Greek president Katerina Sakellaropoulou welcomes Sofia Bekatorou at the presidential palace in Athens. Photograph: Alkis...

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Olympic champions abuse claim triggers debate in Greece by Derek Gatopoulos And Costas Kantouris, The Associated Press Posted Jan 20, 2021 11:22 am EDT Last Updated Jan 20, 2021 at 11:28 am EDT ATHENS, Greece — Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou appeared before a public prosecutor in Greece on Wednesday in relation to sexual assault accusations that have ignited a nationwide debate on misconduct and encouraged multiple victims to make their claims public. Bekatorou, who won gold at the ...

An Olympian credited with launching a belated #MeToo awakening in Greece testified Wednesday on her sex abuse case that has encouraged other women to break decades of silence. Womens' groups have long observed that sex abuse in Greece is not only linked to a problematic mentality among men, but that the authorities usually turn a blind eye even when victims speak out.