Chris Christoffersen

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Chris Tasker Christoffersen (born August 13,  1979 in Hasle (Bornholm) ) is a former Danish basketball player .

career

The 2.18 meter tall indoor player grew up in the town of Aarsballe, began playing basketball at club level in 1995 and wore the colors of the club Rønne IK on his home island Bornholm in the 1995/1996 season . He then went to the United States for six years : from 1996 to 1998, Christoffersen played at Nordoff High School in the state of California , then at the University of Oregon (1998 to 2002). Since the Dane had little basketball experience in 1996, the start in the USA was difficult, before Christoffersen developed into a top performer and received a scholarship to the University of Oregon (first NCAA division). For the university team he was on the field in 93 games and scored an average of 4.8 points and 3.1 rebounds per encounter. He achieved his best statistical values ​​in his final game year 2001/02, when he achieved an average of 8.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game. When he left Oregon in 2002, he was third on the college team's all-time list of blocked throws.

Christoffersen was in the 2002/03 season with the Italian first division club Scavolini Pesaro under contract, but remained a substitute player with little time. After a short trip to Greece and Panionios Athens , which was not crowned with success, he returned to the United States and played in the National Basketball Development League in 2003/04, first for the Roanoke Dazzle team, then for the Fayetteville Patriots .

From 2004 Christoffersen played for the Bakken Bears in his home country Denmark. His time with the team from Aarhus was interrupted three times: In the second half of the 2005/06 season he was in the service of the Finnish club Lappeenranta NMKY and was national champion and cup winner with the team. At the beginning of the 2006/07 game year he was under contract with the Swedish club Södertälje Kings , but injured himself after a few games and fell out for a long time. He returned to the Bakken Bears, for whom he played until the end of the 2018/19 season. In the spring season 2009 he was meanwhile active for the Australian team Willetton Tigers.

Christoffersen, who announced his retirement from the Danish national team in 2013, played 557 games for Bakken and scored more than 4,600 points. In the Danish league ( Basketligaen ) he made 411 appearances and 3607 points. The inside player achieved his highest mean values ​​in the 2009/10 season, when he averaged 12.1 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game in the Danish league on the statistics sheet. Only his point average was slightly higher in 2004/05 at 13.8. He became Danish champion ten times with Bakken, which made him the record holder in basketball in the Scandinavian country in this regard. He also won the Danish Cup competition seven times. In the 2012/13 season he was named the best player in the final series of the Danish league.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chris Christoffersen: Bornholmeren, the next he større end sin sportsgren. January 24, 2018, accessed May 30, 2019 (Danish).
  2. ↑ a b Chris Christoffersen: Bornholmeren, the next he større end sin sportsgren. January 24, 2018, accessed May 30, 2019 (Danish).
  3. ↑ a b Chris Christoffersen: Biography. In: Fullcourt. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  4. ↑ TRIS Wykes: A Tall Order . In: Los Angeles Times . February 7, 1997.
  5. ↑ Chris Christoffersen College Stats. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Top 10 Leaders: Blocked Shots - Most in a career. In: Oregon Ducks: 2018-19 Record Book. University of Oregon Athletics, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  7. ↑ 2002-03 Stats - Scavolini Pesaro. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 30, 2019 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.basketball-reference.cominternational  
  8. ^ Christoffersen to Fayetteville. January 30, 2004, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  9. ↑ TT: Stort nyförvärv till Södertälje . In: Svenska Dagbladet . August 18, 2006, ISSN  1101-2412 ( svd.se [accessed May 30, 2019]).
  10. ^ Daniel Christiansen: Big Chris siger tak for denne gang | Fullcourt.dk. In: Fullcourt. May 8, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019 (Danish).
  11. ↑ Big Chris dropper landsholdet. June 21, 2013, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Chris Christoffersen. In: Basketligaen. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Dansk basketball legend stopper careers med tangering af record: 'En kæmpe ære'. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Christoffersen, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Christoffersen, Chris Tasker (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Hasle (Bornholm)