1. Ioannis Bourousis, commonly known as Giannis Bourousis is a Greek former professional basketball player and basketball executive.
19 Facts About Ioannis Bourousis
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Ioannis Bourousis is the general manager of the Greek basketball club ASK Karditsa.
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Ioannis Bourousis was on the senior Greek national team that won the gold medal at 2005 EuroBasket in Serbia, and he played an instrumental role as Greece won the bronze medal at the 2009 EuroBasket.
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Ioannis Bourousis was a member of the Greek national teams that finished in fourth place at the 2007 EuroBasket, and in fifth place at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Ioannis Bourousis originally began his athletic career training to be a professional swimmer, but he grew too tall for the sport, and so he took up playing basketball, at the age of 18.
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Ioannis Bourousis began his professional career in the year 2001, with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League.
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However, Ioannis Bourousis was quickly cleared of any suspected wrongdoing, after he submitted to drug testing for FIBA protocols, which are overseen by the World Anti-Doping Agency, in order to be cleared to play with the Greek national team at the 2011 EuroBasket.
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On July 6,2011, Ioannis Bourousis agreed to a two-year contract with the Italian A League club Olimpia Milano.
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In July 2013, Ioannis Bourousis signed a contract with the Spanish League club Real Madrid.
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In September 2015, Ioannis Bourousis signed a contract with the Spanish ACB team Saski Baskonia.
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Ioannis Bourousis repeated his win again as the Spanish League's Player of the Month in January 2016, after averaging 18.5 points and 7 rebounds per game, including 24 points scored in his team's win against Real Madrid.
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On July 12,2016, Ioannis Bourousis signed a two-year contract with the Greek club Panathinaikos Athens.
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On July 10,2017, Ioannis Bourousis signed with the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association.
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Ioannis Bourousis averaged 6.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game.
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Ioannis Bourousis was a member of the Greek Under-20 junior national team that won the gold medal at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, in Lithuania.
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Ioannis Bourousis was on the senior Greek national team that won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket in Serbia, and he played an instrumental role as Greece won the bronze medal at the 2009 EuroBasket.
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Ioannis Bourousis was a member of the Greek national teams that finished in fourth place at the 2007 EuroBasket, and in fifth place at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Ioannis Bourousis first pressed charges against Krstic and decided to sue, but he quickly changed his mind and dropped the charges and the lawsuit.
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Ioannis Bourousis was a member of the Greek men's national teams that competed at the: 2010 FIBA World Championship, the 2011 EuroBasket, the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2013 EuroBasket, the 2014 FIBA World Cup, the 2015 EuroBasket, the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2017 EuroBasket, and the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers.