Charis Markopoulos

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Charis Markopoulos
Χάρης Μαρκόπουλος
Personal information
Born (1982-01-20) January 20, 1982 (age 42)
Doxa Lefkadas
2017–2022Beijing Ducks (assistant)
2022–2023Promitheas Patras (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player
  • Albert Schweitzer Tournament
    MVP (2000)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing
Greece
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Croatia
National Team
Albert Schweitzer Tournament
Silver medal – second place
2000 Mannheim
National Team

Charalambis "Charis" Markopoulos (alternate spellings: Charalambos, Haris) (

basketball coach, who last served as an assistant coach for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup
.

Playing career

Pro clubs

Markopoulos played professional basketball with the

FIBA SuproLeague competition, as a member of Iraklis. He also won the Greek Championship U-18 during 1997–98 season, along with Lazaros Papadopoulos
.

His basketball playing career ended prematurely, due to complications from

Iraklis. Markopoulos paralysed during a flight from Thessaloniki to Luleå in 2001.[2]

Greek national team

Markopoulos was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national team, he won the bronze medal at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He averaged 13.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game at the tournament.[3]

He also won the silver medal at the 2000

Albert Schweitzer Tournament, where he was named to the All-Tournament Team,[4] and was also named the MVP of the tournament.[5]

Coaching career

Markopoulos became the

Doxa Lefkadas
.

Personal

Markopoulos' father,

basketball coach, and former professional basketball player.[8]

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