Gabriel "Gabi" Teichner (גבי טייכנר; born November 21, 1945) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the center position. He played in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

, and for the Israel national basketball team.

Biography

Teichner is 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall. He lived in

Kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

Nir David Nir David ( he, נִיר דָּוִד, ''lit.'' David's Meadow) is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. Founded on 10 December 1936 as Tel Amal, the first of the tower and stockade settlements, it falls under the jurisdiction ...

, and lives in Kibbutz Degania Bet, in Israel. He played 13 seasons in the

, averaging 15.8 points per game, for Hapoel Gvat, Hapoel Nir David, and Hapoel Alpha. Teichner also played for the Israel national basketball team in the 1967 European Championship for Men, 1968 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, 1969 European Championship for Men, 1971 European Championship for Men, and 1972 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament. At the 1969 Maccabiah Games, he played with

Tal Brody Talbot "Tal" Brody (Hebrew: טל ברודי; born August 30, 1943), nicknamed Mr. Basketball, is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player and current goodwill ambassador of Israel. Brody was drafted #12 in the National Basketball ...

on the gold-medal winning basketball team.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Teichner, Gabi Living people 1945 births Israeli men's basketball players Israeli Basketball Premier League players People from Degania Bet Basketball players at the 1970 Asian Games Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in basketball Asian Games silver medalists for Israel Jewish men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1969 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games basketball players of Israel Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States