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{{short description|Greek professional basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Mimis Stefanidis
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| height_ft = 6
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1931|10|28|df=yes}}<ref name="Birthday">[https://www.newsbreak.gr/lifestyle/265385/i-tatiana-stefanidoy-se-spania-fotografia-me-ton-patera-tis-mimi-stefanidi/ Article on Mimis Stefanidis' birthday] {{in lang|el}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Kypseli, Athens]], Greece
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| nationality = Greek
| draft_year =
| career_start = 1945
| career_end = 1960
| career_position = [[Small forward]]
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| years1 = 1945–1955
| team1 = [[Panellinios B.C.|Panellinios]]
| years2 = 1955–1956
| team2 = [[Olimpia Milano]]
| years3 = 1956–1957
| team3 = [[Reyer Venezia]]
| years4 = 1957–1960
| team4 = Panellinios
| highlights =
*2× European Club Champion (1955, 1956)
*3× [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] champion (1953, 1955, 1957)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport| Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{bk|GRE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Basketball at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Basketball at the 1955 Mediterranean Games|1955 Spain]] |}}
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'''Dimitrios "Mimis" Stefanidis''' ({{langx|el|Δημήτριος "Μίμης" Στεφανίδης}}, born 28 October 1931) is a former international professional [[basketball]] player and [[basketball coach]], from Greece. He was born in [[Athens]].<ref name="SR">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/mimis-stefanidis-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115608/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/mimis-stefanidis-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Mimis Stefanidis |accessdate=2016-05-26}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Stefanidis was a member of the [[Panellinios B.C.|Panellinios Basketball Club]] and its famous 1950s era "Chrysi Pentada", or "The Golden Five" in [[English language|English]]. With Panellinios, he won 3 [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] championships, in the years 1953, 1955, and 1957. He also won two European Club Championships with the club, as he won the 1955 Brussels Basketball Tournament and the 1956 San Remo Basketball Tournament. While he was also a runner-up at the 1954 San Remo Tournament.

==National team career==
Stefanidis was a member of the senior men's [[Greece national basketball team|Greek national basketball team]]. With Greece, he competed at the following tournaments: the [[Basketball at the 1951 Mediterranean Games|1951 Mediterranean Games]], the [[1951 EuroBasket]], the [[Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Summer Olympic Games]],<ref name="SR" /> and the [[Basketball at the 1955 Mediterranean Games|1955 Mediterranean Games]], where he won a bronze medal.

==Coaching career==
After his basketball playing career ended, Stefanidis became a [[basketball coach]]. He worked as a coach in teams such as [[Panellinios B.C.|Panellinios]], [[Pagrati B.C.|Pagrati]], [[Sporting B.C.|Sporting]], [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]], and [[Olympiacos B.C.|Olympiacos]].

==Personal==
His daughter is [[Tatiana Stefanidou]].

==References==
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==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927153852/http://www.basket.gr/archive/players/BestPlayer.asp?PlayerCode=469 |date=September 27, 2011 |title=ΣΤΕΦΑΝΙΔΗΣ ΜΙΜΗΣ - Basket.gr }} {{in lang|el}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=el&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20110927153852%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.basket.gr%2Farchive%2Fplayers%2FBestPlayer.asp%3FPlayerCode%3D469 English translation via Google])
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119232109/http://www.segas.gr/olympics/gr/athletes/athlete2.asp?athlete_ID=1978 |date=November 19, 2007 |title=Στεφανίδης Δημήτριος - Segas.gr }} {{in lang|el}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=el&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20071119232109%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.segas.gr%2Folympics%2Fgr%2Fathletes%2Fathlete2.asp%3Fathlete_ID%3D1978 English translation via Google])

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[[Category:Olympic basketball players for Greece]]
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[[Category:Power forwards]]
[[Category:Reyer Venezia players]]
[[Category:Pagrati B.C. coaches]]
[[Category:Sporting B.C. coaches]]
[[Category:Panathinaikos B.C. coaches]]
[[Category:Panellinios B.C. coaches]]
[[Category:Olympiacos B.C. coaches]]
[[Category:Small forwards]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Athens]]
[[Category:Basketball players at the 1955 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball]]
[[Category:20th-century Greek sportsmen]]

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