Christopher Gabriel

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Christopher Gabriel
No. 50Cape Town Tigers
Position Center
League Road to BAL
Personal information
Born (1988-12-19) 19 December 1988 (age 35)
Cape Town, South Africa
Listed height2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight125 kg (276 lb)
Career information
College
NBA draft 2012: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2014 Hopsi Polzela
2014–2018 Team FOG Næstved
2018Stockholmo Montevideo
2018–2019 Real Canoe NC
2019 Shahrdari Qazvin
2021 Cape Town Tigers
2023–presentCape Town Tigers

Christopher James Gabriel (born 19 December 1988) is a South African basketball player for the Cape Town Tigers and the South Africa national basketball team. [1] [2] [3]

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Professional career

Gabriel started the 2018–19 season with Team FOG Næstved in Denmark, averaging 8.5 points and 4.6 rebounds in 28 games. On 19 May 2018, Gabriel signed with Stockholmo Montevideo in Uruguay. [4]

Since 2021, Gabriel is on the roster of the Cape Town Tigers and helped the team win its first South African championship. He was also on the team during the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments in the fall of 2021. The following two years, Gabriel was missing from the Tigers roster, before returning in the Road to BAL in November 2023. [5]

National team career

In 2009, Gabriel appeared with the South African national team at the 2009 African Championships. Gabriel averaged 10.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as one of South Africa's top players, but the team finished in 15th place in the tournament. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 FIBA Africa (2009). Christopher Gabriel. FIBA.com profile. Originally retrieved from http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/eid/4047/pid/79104/sid/6599/tid/2610/profile.html. Archived on 2016-02-03 at https://web.archive.org/web/20160203063759/http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/eid/4047/pid/79104/sid/6599/tid/2610/profile.html.
  2. "Christopher James GABRIEL at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. Eurobasket.com profile
  4. "African Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings".
  5. "Cape Town Tigers v Dynamo boxscore - Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L. 2024 2023 - 21 November". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 23 November 2023.