Basil (Uwais) Akhtaev - the highest athlete (8 pics + video) Bashny.Net

Born in 1930 in the village of Vashendaroy Shatoysky district of the Chechen Republic. One of the most famous basketball players of the world 50s. The highest basketball player in the world, growth - 2m 36 cm. A member of the USSR national team.



famous Chechen, unique in its physical data of the person, the best basketball player of the world of his time Akhtaev Uwais, who was called the pivot of the country was subjected to severe discrimination as spetspereselenets.



Uwais had all the chances to be included in the Olympic team in 1952 and 1956, but never got to the Olympic Games because of their nationality. According to his friend - weightlifter Wahi Esembaeva, Beria himself ordered that such celebrities as Uwais Akhtaev, changed his name and became Kopelevich, and then turned it on in the country's Olympic team. But Uwais refused such "honor".



The famous Alexander Gomelsky, being the head coach of the Soviet Union, wrote in the newspaper "Soviet Sport": "If at the time Ahtaeva allowed in international competitions, we would have been a long time world champions."



Great athlete died in 1978 at age 48.