Ioannis Bourousis

Ioannis Bourousis (alternate spellings: Yiannis Bourousis, Giannis Bourousis) (Greek: Γιάννης Μπουρούσης; born November 17, 1983 in Karditsa, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), 280 lbs. (127 kg) center. Bourousis currently plays for the Greek League club Olympiacos Pireaus.

Pro career

Bourousis originally began his athletic career training to be a professional swimmer but he grew too tall for the sport and instead took up playing basketball at the age of 18. He began his professional career in the year 2001 with AEK Athens of the Greek League. In 2006, he transferred to FC Barcelona of the Spanish ACB League. Later that same year, he joined the Greek Euroleague club Olympiacos Piraeus.

In 2009, he signed a 3 year contract extension with Olympiacos worth €5.1 million euros net income.

Pro teams

• AEK Athens (Greek League): 2001-06
• FC Barcelona (Spanish ACB League): 2006
• Olympiacos Piraeus (Greek League): 2006-Present

Greek national team

Ioannis Bourousis

Medal record
Representing Greece
FIBA European Championship
	2005 Serbia	National Team
	2009 Poland	National Team

Bourousis was a member of the junior Greek national basketball team that won the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Russia and he was also on the senior Greek national basketball team that won the 2005 FIBA European Championship at Serbia. He was also a member of the Greek national teams that finished in 4th place in the 2007 FIBA European Championship at Spain, and in 5th place in the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament at China. He also won the bronze medal at the 2009 FIBA European Championship.

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

• Won the Greek Championship: (2002)
• 4x Greek All-Star Game: (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
• Greek All Star Game MVP: (2009)
• All-Euroleague First Team: (2009)
• Won the Greek Cup: (2010)

Greek national team

• Won the gold medal at the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship: (2002)
• Won the gold medal at the 2005 FIBA European Championship
• Won the bronze medal at the 2009 FIBA European Championship

External links

• Official Website Template:El icon and Template:En icon
• Euroleague.net Profile
• FIBA World Championship Profile
• Draftexpress.com Profile
• Video Highlights