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Early life
Gheorghe Muresan was born on February 14, 1971 and he is currently 51 years. He hails from Tritenii de Jos, Cluj County, SR Romania, and his zodiac sign is Aquarius. Speaking of her family, his parents are his father Ion Mureșan and her mother Maria Mureșan.
According to online sources, he has a sister named Iliana and a brother whose name is unknown. Her family members are of normal height, but this personality grew to her remarkable height due to a disorder of the pituitary gland.
Regarding her education, this personality attended the Babes-Bolyai University which is located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Also, his full name is Gheorghe Dumitru Mureșan but he is also famous as Ghiță.
Caption: Gheorghe Mureșan in an old photograph. Source: Instagram
Gheorghe Mureșan – Net worth 2023
Moving on, this former basketball player has a net worth of around $5 million US dollars. However, there is no information about the salary and other assets of this player.
body measurements
Gheorghe Mureșan’s listed height is 7 feet 7 inches or 2.31 meters and his listed weight is around 147 kg or 325 pounds. Other body measurements related to this personality are still under review.
Also, this former basketball player has brown eyes and hair of the same color.
Career and professional life
Professionally, Gheorghe Mureșan is a former professional basketball player. This former player is tied with Manute Bol as the tallest player to ever play in the NBA.
This personality played competitive basketball at Universitatea Cluj. As such, he became a national champion in the year 1992.
Subsequently, he went on to play professionally in the French league with Pau-Orthez. This was during the 1992-1993 season. As a professional, Mureșan became an instant hit with fans. In addition, he also managed to win the French League Cup.
In addition, the Washington Bullets of the NBA selected him in the 1993 NBA draft. From 1993 to 2000, this former player played in the NBA. Although there were signs of a promising career, this personality’s career was derailed by injuries.
In addition, the best season of this former basketball player came in the 1995-1996 campaign.
Also, this player was named the NBA’s Most Improved Player in the 1995–96 season. He did it after averaging 14.5 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.26 blocks per game.
He also made a league-leading 58.4% of his field goals. Also the following season, this former player led in field goal percentage with an average of 60.4%.
Later, this former basketball player joined the New Jersey Nets for the last 31 games of his NBA career. After his retirement from the NBA career, this former player had another stage in Pau-Orthez.
There, this former basketball player won the French league. This was before he returned to the United States with his family. During this basketball career, this personality usually wore the #77 jersey.
Caption: Gheorghe while playing for Pay Orthez. Source: Instagram
More details
Later, on March 11, 2007, this former basketball player played a game with the Maryland Nighthawks. He did it as part of the highest lineup in basketball history.
This became the only basketball game where Mureșan was not the tallest person on the court. On the court, player Sun Mingming was the tallest with a height of 7 feet 9 inches or 2.36 meters.
After his retirement from professional basketball, this personality founded the Giant Basketball Academy (GBA) in 2004. The dedication of this program is to teach the proper fundamentals of basketball to boys and girls of all ages.
In addition, this former basketball player is also part of the marketing and public relations team for the Washington Wizards and is an ambassador for them.
In addition to his basketball career, he also dabbled in acting. As an actor, he played the main character in the 1998 feature film. My Giant. This movie stars comedian Billy Crystal.
Furthermore, this personality also played a ventriloquist in the music video for Eminem’s single. My name is.
In addition, he also starred in commercials for Snickers chocolate bars and the sports television network ESPN. He is also the co-author of two fitness and health books for young adults, viz. The kids’ guide to fitness and The girl’s guide to fitness.
Furthermore, this personality participated in the first annual UMTTR (You Matter) 3v3 basketball tournament in 2013.
This tournament is organized to increase awareness, prevention, and research on teen suicide, which is the leading cause of death among adults and children ages 15-24.
civil status
Gheorghe Mureșan is a happily married man. His wife’s name is Liliana. The lovely couple have two children together, namely sons George and Victor. The happy family lived in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, but later moved to suburban Washington, DC.
His sons are also basketball players. George has played for the Georgetown University Hoyas since the 2016-2017 season (as a forward).
Likewise, his youngest son, Víctor, joined the Hoyas (also as a substitute) in the 2020-2021 season. His youngest child is 6’10” and 190 lbs. However, Víctor has not played in the 2021-22 season.
Caption: Gheorghe posing for a photo with his children. Source: Instagram
Gheorghe Mureșan – Social networks
Talking about his social media presence, Gheorghe Mureșan joined Twitter in February 2018 and so far he has more than 9,900 followers on his @georgemuresan77 account. Also, his Instagram username is @gmuresan77 and so far he has more than 7100 followers as of March 2022.
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