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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) | ||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 1969–1988 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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).
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 FIBA EuroBasket 1975, the FIBA EuroBasket 1979, the FIBA EuroBasket 1981, and the FIBA EuroBasket 1983. He also played at the 1980 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament.