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Olympia Larissa BC
Club's name: Olympia Larissas BC
League: A1 Ethniki, Greek Cup, EuroChallenge
Location: Larissa, Thessaly, GRE
Founded: 1979
Colours: Orange and Blue
Head Coach: Giorgos Bartzokas
Arena: Larissa Neapolis Arena (4,000)
Championships: none |
Olympia Larissas BC is one of the youngest professional basketball teams from the Greek League (HEBA) and it currently plays in the A1 Ethniki, wich is the first division of HEBA.
It was founded in 1979, in the capital city of Larissa prefecture in Greece. Their first participation in the A1 as expected from such a young team was until recently years, but it certainly has been evolving since their arrival to the first division.
First season in A1 was 2004/05, when they were barely able to stay in it, finishing in the 11th position of the final table; for the next season they improved a little and rise to the 9th place. In the last two seasons they reached the playoffs, plus they having rising up also in the EuroCup Challenge during the past years.
2008/09 Squad
| Name |
Position |
Height |
 Stephen Arigbabu |
Center |
2,12 m |
 Stavros Argiris |
Small Forward |
2,02 m |
| Marios Batis |
Point Guard |
1,90 m |
 Terrel Castle |
Point Guard |
1,84 m |
| Vassilis Giannoulakos |
Center |
2,18 m |
| Giannis Karagiolidis |
Shooting Guard |
1,98 m |
 Mike King |
Shooting Guard |
1,93 m |
| Marcos Kolokas |
Power Forward |
2,02 m |
 Mirza Kurtovic |
Shooting Guard |
1,96 m |
| Pantelis Papaioakeim |
Center |
2,06 m |
| Sven Schultze |
Power Forward |
2,08 m |
| Alexandros Sigounas |
Power Forward |
2,03 m |
| Nikos Spanos |
Point Guard |
1,91 m |
| Nikolaos Theodorakos |
Small Forward |
2,02 m |
| Jamel Thomas |
Small Forward |
1,98 m |
(Last update: 08.10.2008)
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