{"id":7127,"date":"2024-07-17T13:54:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T10:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tedxathens.com\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=7127"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:54:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T10:54:32","slug":"dimitris-papanikolaou","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/tedxathens.com\/speaker\/dimitris-papanikolaou","title":{"rendered":"Dimitris Papanikolaou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<!-- NVM TEXT -->\n\n<div class=\"nvm-text text nvm-text-columns-desktop-1 nvm-text-columns-tablet-1 nvm-text-columns-mobile-1\">\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<!-- NVM TEXT -->\n\n<div class=\"nvm-text text nvm-text-columns-desktop-1 nvm-text-columns-tablet-1 nvm-text-columns-mobile-1\">\n    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was born on 7\/2\/77 in Athens. He started his professional athletic career at the age of 15, where he also received his first paycheck. He would take two buses and a train daily to get to his training sessions from his family home in Ilio, to Patissia and Sporting. At 16, he won the European children&#8217;s championship with the National Team. At 18, he won the World Junior Championship and that same summer transferred to Olympiacos. He spent a total of 3 years at Sporting, 7 years at Olympiacos, 1 year at Makedonikos, 4 years at Panathinaikos, 2 years at AEK, 1 year at Panionios, and 1 year at Peristeri. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from being a European children&#8217;s champion and world junior champion, he is a 2-time Olympian with the national men&#8217;s team, 7-time Greek champion, 6-time Greek Cup winner, 2-time European club champion with Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, and the only Greek basketball player to achieve a triple crown with Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, meaning winning the championship, cup, and European title in the same season. 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