Aristeidis Savvas Roubanis (alternate spelling: Aristidis) (, 9 March 1932,

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– 13 January 2018,

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) was a Greek international

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player and

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/ref> During his club basketball career, his nickname was "Bulldozer".

Basketball career

Club career

Roubanis was a member of the Panellinios Basketball Club and its famous 1950s era "Golden Five". 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 well as the 1955 Brussels Basketball Tournament and the 1956 San Remo Basketball Tournament. He was also a runner-up at the 1954 San Remo Tournament.

National team career

Roubanis was a member of the senior men's

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. With Greece, Roubanis competed at the

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, the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, and the

1955 Mediterranean Games The 1955 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the II Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Barcelona 1955, were the 2nd Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Barcelona, Spain over 10 days, from 15 to 25 July 1955, where 1,135 athle ...

, where he won a bronze medal. He finished his national team career with 25

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, in which he scored 275 points for the Greek national team.

Javelin

Roubanis competed in the men's javelin throw, at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics. He also competed in the

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Personal life

Roubanis was the younger brother of Georgios Roubanis, a

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who won a bronze medal at the

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. Georgios was also the 1956 Greek Athlete of the Year.

References

External links

Basket.gr

Segas.gr
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