Themis Cholevas Explained

Themis Cholevas
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Birth Date:12 April 1926
Birth Place:Athens, Greece
Death Place:Athens, Greece
Nationality:Greek
Career Start:1945
Career End:1958
Career Position:Point guard
Years1:1945–1958
Team1:Panellinios
Cyears1:1965–1966
Cteam1:AEK Athens
Highlights:As player:
  • 2× European Club Champion (1955, 1956)
  • Greek League champion (1953, 1955, 1957)

As a head coach:

Themistokles "Themis" Cholevas (; 12 April 1926 – 30 December 2007) was an international Greek professional basketball player and professional basketball coach.[1]

Professional career

Cholevas was the team captain 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, in the years 1953, 1955, and 1957. He also won two European Club Championships with the club, as he won the 1955 Brussels Basketball Tournament and the 1956 San Remo Basketball Tournament. While he was also a runner-up at the 1954 San Remo Tournament.

National team career

Cholevas also a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team. With Greece, he competed at the 1951 Mediterranean Games, the 1951 EuroBasket, the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, and the 1955 Mediterranean Games, where he won a bronze medal.

Coaching career

Cholevas also worked as a basketball coach. He coached AEK Athens, and with them, he won the Greek League's 1965–66 season championship. He also won the bronze medal at the 1971 Mediterranean Games, while coaching the Greek national basketball team. He was also Greece's head coach at the 1982 Balkan Championship.

Track and field

Cholevis was also a track and field athlete that competed in the 800 meters.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Έφυγε" στα 79 του ο Θέμης Χολέβας. 30 December 2007. Contra.gr. Greek. 17 June 2015.