LKL Slam Dunk Contest

Slam Dunk Contest
Sport	Lietuvos krepšinio lyga
Local name	Oro Karalius  (Lithuanian)
History
First award	Gary Arrington, 1994
Most wins	Darius Sirtautas: 3 times
Most recent	Gediminas Žitlinskas
Past winners 1994 Gary Arrington 1995 Darius Sirtautas 1996 No contest held 1997 Darius Sirtautas 1998 Darius Sirtautas 1999 Eurelijus Žukauskas 2000 Robertas Javtokas 2001 Robertas Javtokas 2002 Dainius Šalenga 2003 Aaron Lucas 2004 Marco Spears 2005 Antonio Grant 2006 No contest held 2007 Aivaras Kiaušas 2008 Mantas Kalnietis 2009 Arvydas Šikšnius 2010 Aron Baynes 2011 Algirdas Palaima 2012 Sonny Weems 2013 Šarūnas Beniušis 2014 Travis Leslie 2015 Travis Leslie 2016 Rafal Lipinski 2017 Gediminas Žitlinskas

Past winners

1994 Gary Arrington 1995 Darius Sirtautas 1996 No contest held 1997 Darius Sirtautas 1998 Darius Sirtautas 1999 Eurelijus Žukauskas 2000 Robertas Javtokas 2001 Robertas Javtokas 2002 Dainius Šalenga 2003 Aaron Lucas 2004 Marco Spears 2005 Antonio Grant 2006 No contest held 2007 Aivaras Kiaušas 2008 Mantas Kalnietis 2009 Arvydas Šikšnius 2010 Aron Baynes 2011 Algirdas Palaima 2012 Sonny Weems 2013 Šarūnas Beniušis 2014 Travis Leslie 2015 Travis Leslie 2016 Rafal Lipinski 2017 Gediminas Žitlinskas

The LKL Slam Dunk Contest is an annual Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) competition held during the LKL All-Star Day and later King Mindaugas Cup. The contest was held almost every year from the first All-Star Day.

Throughout the history contest witnessed many famous moment, most noticeable being 2001 contest in Kaunas, where Robertas Javtokas (representing Lietuvos rytas) repeated the World Record for highest Slam Dunk, when he dunked a basketball on a goal set at 3.65m (12 feet) from the floor.

The very first slam dunk contest was won by Gary Arrington of the BC Statyba at the 1994 LKL All-Star Day in Panevėžys. The current champion of the LKL Dunk Contest is Gediminas Žitlinskas who participated as a guest.

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