Gabriel Girón

{{short description|Mexican basketball player (born 1988)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Gabriel Girón

| image = Gabriel Giron Jr (cropped).jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Girón with the Mexico national basketball team in 2022

| position = Shooting guard / small forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb =

| team = Toros Laguna

| league = LBE

| number = 88

| nationality = Mexican / Panamanian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1988|2|27}}

| birth_place = Monterrey, Mexico

| career_start = 2010

| career_end =

| years1 = 2010–2017

| team1 = Fuerza Regia

| years2 = 2017–2019

| team2 = Capitanes de Ciudad de México

| years3 = 2019–2020

| team3 = Dorados de Chihuahua

| years4 = 2020–2021

| team4 = Leñadores de Durango

| years5 = 2021–2022

| team5 = Fuerza Regia

| years6 = 2022–2023

| team6 = Libertadores de Querétaro

| years7 = 2024

| team7 = Toros Laguna

| years8 = 2024

| team8 = Halcones de Xalapa

| years9 = 2025

| team9 = Real Estelí Baloncesto

| years10 = 2025–

| team10 = Toros Laguna

| highlights =

  • LNBP Sixth Man of the Year (2017){{cite news|url=https://canchaydiamante.com/local/esta-jorge-camacho-entre-los-mas-valiosos-de-la-temporada-2016-2017-de-la-lnbp/|title=Está Jorge Camacho entre los Más Valiosos de la temporada 2016-2017 de la LNBP|work=Cancha y Diamante|first=Lalo|last=Bueno|date=1 March 2017|access-date=7 July 2023|language=es}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{bk|MEX}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA AmeriCup}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Argentina|}}

}}

Gabriel Oscar Girón Villarreal (born 27 February 1988) is a Mexican-Panamanian professional basketball player for Libertadores de Querétaro of the Mexican Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He was a part of the 2017 Mexican championship winning Fuerza Regia team, and was a member of the Mexico's national basketball team at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin, Italy.[https://www.fiba.basketball/oqt/italy/2016/Mexico 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Italy)], FIBA.basketball, accessed 2 August 2017.

Personal life

Girón was born in Mexico to a Panamanian father and Mexican mother. His brother Daniel is also a basketball player, who represents Panama internationally.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/mx/mexico/news/gabriel-y-daniel-giron-primera-vez-que-dos-hermanos-se-enfrentan-con-distintas-selecciones-mexico-panama-fiba/42wb31wv19771irpwlrgfjh5m|title=Gabriel y Daniel Girón: primera vez que dos hermanos se enfrentan con distintas selecciones|date=January 18, 2022|website=www.sportingnews.com}}

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