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'''Yiannis Bourousis''' (also spelled Ioannis Bouroussis or Boroussis) is a retired [[Greeks|Greek]] [[basketball]] player, who played as a center, currently at [[Olympiakos BC]].
Bourousis was born in [[Karditsa]], [[Thessaly]], on [[November 17]], [[1983]]. He started playing basketball for local club GS Karditsa before transferring to [[AEK BC|AEK]] in [[2002]].
He was a member of the 2008 Olympics team. In six Olympic games, the 280lb Bourousis averaged 11.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.0 steal and impressed the most cynical of Greek fans. He was the second leading scorer on the Hellas team during the Olympics, trailing behind [[Vassilis Spanoulis]]’ 14.3 and ahead of bigger names such as [[Antonis Fotsis]] (11) and [[Theodoros Papaloukas]] (8.8). Boroussis was also second in rebounding after only Fotsis.
Bourousis ended his career at [[National Basketball Team|Greek squad]] after 154 games and 1,452 points.
Bourousis is a four-time Greek All-star (2006-2009) and was named to the 2008-09 All-Euroleague First Team.
==ReferencesExternal links ==
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=AQU Ioannis Bouroussis Profile] (Euroleague.net)
* Beijing 2008 - [http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olym/men/teamPlay/team/p/eventid/4004/langid/1/langlc/en/openNodeIDs/6591/roundid/4004/selNodeID/6591/teamnumber/291/fe_teamPlay_teamAccuStat.html Greek National Team accumulated stats] (FIBA)
* http://basket.gr/index.php/playerview?playerid=1068
[[Category:Basketball Players|Bourousis, Yiannis]]
[[Category:1983 births|Bourousis, Yiannis]]
