Roubanis
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Roubanis is a last name from Peloponnese
, it may refer to several people:
Peloponnese
The Peloponnese, Peloponnesos or Peloponnesus , is a large peninsula , located in a region of southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth...
, it may refer to several people:
- Aristidis RoubanisAristidis RoubanisAristeidis Roubanis is a retired international professional basketball player and javelin thrower.-Pro career:Roubanis was a member of the Panellinios Basketball Club and its famous 1950s era "Golden Five".-Greek national team:...
, basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player - Georgios RoubanisGeorgios RoubanisGeorgios Roubanis is a Greek athlete. At the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, he won a bronze medal in thepole vault, as he scored 4.50m .In order to attend the Melbourne event, Roubanis lost a semester...
, Pole VaulterPole vaultPole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
who won a bronze medal at the Melbourn Olympics1956 Summer OlympicsThe 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations... - Nick Roubanis, a Greek-American music instructor, who wrote MisirlouMisirlouMisirlou , is a popular Greek song with popularity in five styles of music: Greek rebetiko, Middle-Eastern belly dancing, Jewish klezmer, American surf rock, and international orchestral easy listening .- History :...
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