Ioannis Dimakopoulos (basketball)


Ioannis Dimakopoulos is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.18 m tall, and 119 kg center.

Early years

Dimakopoulos began playing basketball with the youth clubs of the Greek team Panathinaikos. He played at the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic International Game.

High school

Dimakopoulos left Greece, and he then attended Cathedral High School, in Los Angeles, California, in the United States, where he also played high school basketball. While at Cathedral High, he was a 2013 McDonald’s All-American nominee.

College career

After high school, Dimakopoulos played four years of NCAA Division I college basketball at UC Irvine, where he played with the UC Irvine Anteaters, from 2013 to 2017. He was named to the All-Big West Conference Second Team in 2017.

Professional career

On September 7, 2017, Dimakopoulos signed with the Greek club Kolossos Rodou. Two weeks later, he was released from the club for "personal reasons".

Greek national team

Dimakopoulos was a member of the Greek junior national teams. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, and at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

Personal

Dimakopoulos' father, Dimitris Dimakopoulos, was also a professional basketball player, and he was a member of the senior Greek national basketball team.