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Nikos Barlos

Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player

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Born
July 12, 1979
Age in 2026
47
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1979

About Nikos Barlos

Nikolaos "Nikos" Barlos is a Greek retired professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 2.03 m tall, he played at both the small forward and power forward positions. Barlos won the Greek 2nd Division championship with Apollon Patras in 2003. Barlos was a member of Greece's under-26 national selection that won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. After he retired from playing professional basketball, Barlos began his basketball coaching career in 2018, as he became a head coach of the Olympiacos youth academies.

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Nikos Barlos timeline

  1. Barlos won the Greek 2nd Division championship with Apollon Patras in 2003.
  2. Barlos was a member of Greece's under-26 national selection that won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.
  3. After he retired from playing professional basketball, Barlos began his basketball coaching career in 2018, as he became a head coach of the Olympiacos youth academies.

The world when Nikos Barlos was born

Nikos Barlos was born in 1979. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1979

  • #1 song"My Sharona" – The Knack
  • Top movieKramer vs. Kramer
  • Top TV showLaverne & Shirley
  • Best-selling bookThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Miracle on Ice" (1980 — actually)
  • Top headlineIran hostage crisis begins
  • Technology milestoneSony Walkman released — portable music goes mainstream
  • Defining fadSony Walkman — portable music revolution
  • Notable inventionSony Walkman
  • World population4.38 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJimmy Carter
  • Sports championPittsburgh Pirates (World Series)
  • Also wonSeattle SuperSonics (NBA)
  • U.S. population225.1M

1979 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Nikos Barlos's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19792026
Gas$0.86$3.45/gal
Average home$62,900$435,000
Average income$19,554$67,500
Minimum wage$2.90$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$2.51$11.95
Postage stamp$0.15$0.73
Population225.1M341 million

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