{{Short description|Italian snowboarder (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Gabriel Messner | image = | caption = | nationality = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|6|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = | club = | coach = | country = Italy | sport = Snowboarding | event = Parallel slalom | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's snowboarding}} {{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Engadin|Mixed parallel slalom}} }} '''Gabriel Messner''' (born 7 June 1997) is an Italian snowboarder specializing in parallel slalom.
==Career== During the 2024–25 FIS Snowboard World Cup, Messner earned his first World Cup podium on 1 December 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/snowboard-alpine/news/2024-25/payer-and-bormolini-top-parallel-podiums-in-mylin |title=Payer and Bormolini top parallel podiums in Mylin |website=fis-ski.com |date=1 December 2024 |access-date=25 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.sportnews.bz/artikel/wintersport/snowboard/messners-sternstunde-erster-podestplatz-im-weltcup |title=Messner's finest hour: First podium finish in the World Cup |website=sportnews.bz |date=1 December 2024 |access-date=25 March 2025}}</ref> He finished the World Cup season in second place in the parallel slalom standings with 252 points, behind Arvid Auner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/snowboard-alpine/news/2024-25/austrians-dominate-the-day-in-winterberg |title=Bormolini & Miki raise globes, Austrians dominate the day in Winterberg |website=fis-ski.com |date=15 March 2025 |access-date=22 March 2025}}</ref>
Messner represented Italy at the 2025 Snowboarding World Championships and won a silver medal in the mixed parallel slalom event, along with Jasmin Coratti.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/italy-s-maurizio-bormolini-elisa-caffont-win-20236692.php |title=Italy's Maurizio Bormolini, Elisa Caffont win snowboard mixed parallel team title at worlds |newspaper=Times Union |date=23 March 2025 |access-date=25 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/snowboard-alpine/news/2024-25/italian-one-two-in-mixed-team-event-as-caffont-and-bormolini-claim-wsc-gold |title=Italian one-two in mixed team event as Caffont and Bormolini claim world gold |website=fis-ski.com |date=23 March 2025 |access-date=25 March 2025}}</ref>
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