Dimitrios Papanikolaou (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτρης Παπανικολάου; born February 7, 1977, in Nea Liosia, Athens, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and a professional basketball coach.

In 1997 summer Papanikolaou left Olympiakos for Virtus Bologna, but he wasn't free for the Italian club until his 21st birthday.

[2] With the Greece men's national under-16 basketball team, Papanikolaou won the gold medal at the 1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship.

With the Greece men's national under-19 basketball team, he also won the gold medal at the 1995 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.

[3] In 2014, he coached the Greece men's national under-17 basketball team at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.