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Name
  
Themis Cholevas

Role
  
Basketball Player

Died
  
2007


Themistokles "Themis" Cholevas (Θεμιστοκλής "Θέμης" Χολέβας; 12 April 1926 – 30 December 2007) was an international Greek professional basketball player and professional basketball coach.

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Professional career

Cholevas 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

Cholevas was also a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team that competed at the 1951 EuroBasket. He also competed for Greece's national team at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games.

Coaching career

Cholevas also worked as a basketball coach. He coached AEK Athens, and with them, he won the Greek League 1965–66 championship.

References

Themis Cholevas Wikipedia


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