Nikos Nissiotis

Nikolaos "Nikos" A. Nissiotis (alternate spelling: Nisiotis) (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" A. Νησιώτης; 21 May 1924 – 18 August 1986) was a Greek theologian, philosopher, university professor, and basketball coach.

Nikos Nissiotis
Personal information
Born(1924-05-21)21 May 1924
Athens, Greece
Died18 August 1986(1986-08-18) (aged 62)
Athens, Greece
NationalityGreek
Career history
As coach:
0Panellinios
Career highlights and awards
As a head coach:
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Greece (Head coach)
Mediterranean Games
1955 Spain

Basketball coach

Nissiotis is largely credited with developing the sport of basketball in Greece. He was the head coach of the Greek League club Panellinios, during its famous "Golden Five", or "Fabulous Five" era, during the 1950s decade.[1] With Panellinios, he won 3 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.

He also coached the Greek national team. He led Greece to a bronze medal at the 1955 Mediterranean Games. He received the Olympic Order in 1986. He is a candidate to be inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame as well.[2]

Greek International Olympic Committee

Nissiotis was the Vice-President of the Greek Olympic Committee, from 1975 until 1986, and the President of the Board of the International Olympic Academy, from 1977 to 1986. He was also a Permanent Representative of Greece to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Personal life and death

Nissiotis was born on 21 May 1924, in Athens, Greece. On 18 August, 1986, Nissiotis was killed in a car crash, at the age of 62. The crash occurred at the 41 kilometre (25 mile) mark of the Athens to Corinth National Road.[3][4][5]

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References
  1. Athens basketball: Devotion through the decades.
  2. EurocupBasketball.com The Club Scene: Panellinios BC.
  3. Νίκος Νησιώτης (in Greek).
  4. Σπύρος Κυριαζόπουλος (1932-1977): Ένας μεγάλος φιλόσοφος και το πρόωρο, τραγικό τέλος του (in Greek).
  5. ΝΙΚΟΣ ΝΗΣΙΩΤΗΣ: Ο ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΔΙΑΛΟΓΟΥ (in Greek).

Sources
  • "Secular and Christian Images of Human Person" // Theologia 33, Athens 1962, PP. 947-989; Theologia 34, Athens 1963, PP. 90-122 (in English)
  • “Knowledge as Charisma in the University Today” // Student World, vol. 55, no. 1, 1962. PP. 77-87 (in English)
  • "Principles of an Ecumenically Oriented Theology" // Criterion, spring 1963. PP. 3-6 (in English)
  • "Orthodox Theological Education: Reality and Perspectives" // Epistimoniki Epetiris his Theologikis Scholis tou Panepistimiou Athinon. vol. 23, 1976 PP. 507-530 (in English)
  • "Orthodox Principles in the Service of an Ecumenical Theological Education" // Orthodox Theology and Diakonia: Essays in Honor of Archbishop Iakovos, Brookline MA, 1981 PP. 329—338 (in English)
  • Religion, Philosophy and Sport in Dialogue. Athens, 1994 (in English)
  • "Les Problemes de l'education olympique envisages a travers les travaux de l'Academie Internationale Olympique" // Athens, International Olympic Academy, 1980 PP. 43-55 (in French)
  • L´Eglise et la Société dans la Theologie orthodoxe grecque. in L´Ethique sociale ... Genf 1966 (in French)
  • Die qualitative Bedeutung der Katholizität. Theologische Zeitschrift Basel Jgg 17, 4/1961, 259-280 (in German)
  • Die Theologie der Ostkirche im ökumenischen Dialog: Kirche und Welt in orthodoxer Sicht. Stuttgart: Evangelisches Verlagswerk, 1968 (in German)
  • Maria in der orthodoxen Theologie. In: Concilium 19 (1983), S. 613-625 (in German)
  • Μάριος Μπέγζος, «Νησιώτης Νικόλαος», Παγκόσμιο Βιογραφικό Λεξικό-Εκπαιδευτική Ελληνική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, τόμ. 7 (1991), σελ. 199-200 (in Greek)
  • Χρήστος Γιανναράς, Ορθοδοξία και Δύση στη νεώτερη Ελλάδα, εκδ. Δόμος, Αθήνα, 1992, σελ. 449-454 (in Greek)
  • Μάριος Μπέγζος, «Νικόλαος Νησιώτης (1924-1986)», Επιστημονική Επετηρίς της Θεολογικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, τόμ. 31 (1996), σελ. 9-30 (in Greek)
  • Μιχάλης Μακράκης, Ιστορία της Φιλοσοφίας της θρησκείας, εκδ. Ελληνικά Γράμματα, Αθήνα, 1994, σελ. 198-202 (in Greek)
  • Σταύρος Γιαγκάζογλου, «Ο διάλογος φιλοσοφίας και θεολογίας. Η θεολογική ερμηνευτική του Νίκου Νησιώτη», Θεολογία, τόμ. 84, τχ. 3 (Ιούλιος-Σεπτέμβριος 2013), σελ. 29-49 (in Greek)
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