Basketball is a popular team sport in Romania where each team has five players. The objective is to shoot the basketball into the opponent's basket and prevent them from scoring. A field goal is worth 2 or 3 points depending on where it is shot from, and free throws are worth 1 point each. The team with the most points wins. Gheorghe Muresan is considered the tallest basketball player ever at 2.32 meters tall. He started his career in Romania before playing for teams in the United States like the Washington Bullets and retiring with the New Jersey Nets.

1. FAMOUS ATHLETE AND
SPORT FROM ROMANIA

2. BASKETBALL
Basketball is a very popular sport among the Romanian youth. Basketball is a team
sport; each team has got five players. The basic objective of the sport is shooting a
basketball into the opponent's basket, and preventing the opponent from scoring in
attacking team’s basket. A field goal is worth 2 points, unless made from the three-point
line, when it is worth 3. When a player is going to shoot into the opponent’s basket and
the opponent makes him/her a fault, that would create a free-throw, and the player would
have two chances from the free-throw line. Each scored free-throw is worth 1 point. The
team with most points wins. The professional basketball league in Romania is Divizia A.

3. GHEORGHE MURESAN
Gheorghe Muresan is considered the tallest player who has ever played so far. He is
2.32 m tall. This Romanian player was born in Tritenii de Jos, in the district of Cluj, in the
region of Transylvania. He started to play in the University of Cluj, but then he was
signed by the Washington Bullets. In the last 31 matches of his career, he was part of
the New Jersey Nets. Presently, he is retired (47 years old).