Dimitris Kokolakis
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Born | Rethymno, Greece | November 11, 1949||||||||||||||
Nationality | Greek | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 7 ft 0.75 in (2.15 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1969–1988 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
1969–1983 | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||
1983–1987 | Aris | ||||||||||||||
1987–1988 | Ilysiakos | ||||||||||||||
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Dimitris Kokolakis (alternate spelling: Dimitrios) (Greek: Δημήτρης Κοκολάκης; born November 11, 1949) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was born in Rethymno, Greece. At a height of 2.15 m (7 ft. 3⁄4 in.), he played at the center position.
Professional career
[edit]Kokolakis joined the Greek League club Panathinaikos in 1969. With Panathinaikos, he won 9 Greek League championships (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982), and 3 Greek Cups (1979, 1982, 1983). He then moved to the Greek club Aris in 1983. With Aris, he won 3 more Greek League championships (1985, 1986, 1987), and two more Greek Cups (1985 and 1987).
National team career
[edit]Kokolakis was also a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team. In 178 caps played with Greece's senior men's team, he scored 1,280 points, for an average of 7.2 points per game.[1] He played at the 1975 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1979 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1981 FIBA EuroBasket, and the 1983 FIBA EuroBasket. He also played at the 1980 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Awards and accomplishments
[edit]Pro career
[edit]- 12× Greek League Champion: (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987)
- 5× Greek Cup Winner: (1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987)
Greek national team
[edit]- 1979 Mediterranean Games: Gold
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- 1949 births
- Living people
- Aris B.C. players
- Centers (basketball)
- Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
- Greek men's basketball players
- Ilysiakos B.C. players
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece
- Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
- Panathinaikos B.C. players
- Sportspeople from Rethymno
- 20th-century Greek sportsmen