Christopher Gabriel

{{short description|South African basketball player (born 1988)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Christopher Gabriel

| image =

| number = 50

| position = Center

| height_ft =

| height_in =

| height_m = 2.11

| weight_lb =

| weight_kg = 125

| league = Basketball National League

| team = Western Cape Mountaineers

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa

| college = *New Mexico State (2008–2009)

San Diego (2010–2011)

| draft_year = 2012

| career_start = 2013

| years1 = 2014

| team1 = Hopsi Polzela

| years2 = 2014–2018

| team2 = Team FOG Næstved

| years3 = 2018

| team3 = Stockholmo Montevideo

| years4 = 2018–2019

| team4 = Real Canoe NC

| years5 = 2019

| team5 = Shahrdari Qazvin

| years6 = 2021

| team6 = Cape Town Tigers

| years7 = 2023

| team7 = Cape Town Tigers

| highlights =

| years8 = 2024–present

| team8 = Western Cape Mountaineers

}}

Christopher James Gabriel (born 19 December 1988) is a South African basketball player who last played for the Cape Town Tigers and the South Africa national basketball team.{{cite web |title=Christopher James GABRIEL at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2022/qualifiers/player/Christopher-James-Gabriel |website=FIBA.basketball |access-date=23 October 2021 |language=en}}[https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Chris-Gabriel/Iran/Shahrdari-Qazvin/137105? Eurobasket.com profile]{{Cite web |last=Eurobasket |title=Christopher Gabriel, Basketball Player, News, Stats - afrobasket |url=https://basketball.afrobasket.com/player/Christopher-Gabriel/137105 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Eurobasket LLC}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.afrobasket.com/South-Africa/news/532840/Christopher-Gabriel-|title = African Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Cape Town Tigers v Dynamo boxscore - Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L. 2024 2023 - 21 November |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2024/qualifiers/game/1411/Cape-Town-Tigers-Dynamo |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}

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.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.