Name Mimis Stefanidis Role Basketball player | Spouse Anna Stefanidou Children Tatiana Stefanidou | |
Grandchildren Lydia Evangelatou, Nicolas Evangelatos Similar People Tatiana Stefanidou, Nikos Evangelatos, Panagiotis Stavropoulos | ||
Dimitrios "Mimis" Stefanidis (Greek: Δημήτριος "Μίμης" Στεφανίδης, born 1931 in Athens) is a former international professional basketball player and basketball coach, from Greece.
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Professional career
Stefanidis was a member of the Panellinios Basketball Club and its famous 1950s era Chrysi Pentada, or "The Golden Five" in English. With Panellinios, he won 3 Greek League championships (1953, 1955, 1957).
Greek national team
Stefanidis was also a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team that competed at the FIBA EuroBasket 1951. He also competed for Greece at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games.
Coaching career
After his basketball playing career ended, Stefanidis became a basketball coach. He worked as a coach in teams such as Panellinios, Pagrati, Sporting, Panathinaikos, and Olympiacos.