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Sofia Sakorafa was born on 29 April, 1957 in Trikala, Thessaly, Kingdom of Greece, is a Greek politician and athlete. Discover Sofia Sakorafa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Occupation Politician
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 29 April 1957
Birthday 29 April
Birthplace Trikala, Thessaly, Kingdom of Greece
Nationality Greece

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Her husband is Konstantinos Bitsanis

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1957

Sofia Sakorafa (Σοφία Σακοράφα, born 29 April 1957 in Trikala, Greece) is a Greek-Palestinian politician and former javelin thrower.

1976

She competed in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.

1982

She won the bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships in Athens.

A few days later, on 26 September 1982, at the Greek national championships in Chania, Sakorafa broke the world record with a throw of 74.20 metres.

1983

In 1983, after winning the Balkan Games, she had achieved the third performance of the year with a throw of 72.28 m, but eventually had to withdraw from the World Championships in Helsinki, due to injury.

1994

From 1994 to 1996, she served as an adviser to the sports minister and as Chairman of the Commission for Sport and Woman.

She has served on the City Councils of Athens, from 1994 to 1998, and Maroussi, from 1998 to 2006.

2000

She was elected as a member of the Hellenic Parliament under the banner of PASOK three times (in the elections of 2000, 2007 and 2009).

2004

Sakorafa stirred controversy in 2004 when she became a Palestinian citizen and applied a few months before the Olympic Games for a berth on the Palestinian Olympic team at the age of 47.

She made her debut representing Palestine in Chania, Crete, on 28 June 2004 - her performance was 47.23 metres.

Despite the fact that her gesture to participate as a Palestinian was symbolic, the IAAF ruled her ineligible for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Sakorafa worked in as a secondary teacher of physical education before working as a freelance.

She failed to win a seat in parliament following the 2004 elections.

2010

On 6 May 2010 she refused to vote in favour of the austerity measures and the loan agreement between the Greek government and the IMF/EU.

As a result, she was expelled from PASOK.

2012

She was a Member of the European Parliament for Greece as member of the political party MeRA25, having formerly sat for Syriza and before that served, from June 2012 to July 2014, as a Syriza Member of the Hellenic Parliament.

She served as a deputy speaker in the Hellenic Parliament for the MeRA25 party.

She is the president of Association hellénique d'athlétisme amateur (SEGAS).

Sakorafa graduated in physical education from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

She started competing in athletics as a member of Trikala Gymnastic Club.

She served as an independent member of the parliament until 2012.

She participated in the 2012 legislative elections as a member of Syriza and was elected in Athens B.

In the Shadow Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, she had responsibility for the interior.

2014

She resigned from the Hellenic Parliament in May 2014 in order to contest the European Parliament election.

In the 2014 European Parliament elections, she was elected as a Member of European Parliament for Greece, representing Syriza.

She is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Petitions and is a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Since 16 October 2014, she has been the chair of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America, having previously been a member.

She is therefore also a member of the Conference of Delegation Chairs.

2015

On 28 September 2015, Sakorafa left Syriza to sit as an Independent within the GUE/NGL grouping.

She resigned from Syriza over disagreements with the leadership over the introduction of further austerity measures in Greece.

She said: "It's clear that I cannot support any government nor any policies that involve measures that harm the people."

2018

In December 2018 Sofia Sakorafa joined the Greek party MeRA25.

2019

On 26 May 2019, she lost reelection as a member of the European Parliament as member of MeRA25.