Kristaps Dārgais

{{short description|Latvian basketball player (born 1990)}}

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| name = Kristaps Dārgais

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| position = Small forward / power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 223

| league = Latvian-Estonian Basketball League

| team = BK Ogre

| number = 21

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1990|08|09}}

| birth_place = Ogre, Latvia

| nationality = Latvian

| career_start = 2011

| career_end =

| years1 = 2011–2013 | team1 = Latvian University

| years2 = 2013–2015 | team2 = BK Valmiera

| years3 = 2015–2017 | team3 = BK Barons

| years4 = 2017–present | team4 = BK Ogre

| highlights =

  • LatEst BL regular season MVP 2022
  • 5x LBL All Star Game
  • 6x LBL All Star Game Slam Dunk winner

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Kristaps Dārgais (born 9 August 1990 in Ogre, Latvia) is a Latvian professional basketball player and a professional dunker. He is currently playing for BK Ogre at both forward positions.

He has been a professional dunker and part of dunker program Dunk Elite. Dargais is a five time Latvian Basketball League All Star game participant. He's a six time LBL All Star Game Slam Dunk contest winner, FIBA 3x3 Slam Dunk kontest winner in 2013 and multiple time winner of various slam dunk contests around the world.{{cite web|url=https://ghetto.lv/lv/atleti/ghetto-atleti/atleti/?id=1|website=ghetto.lv|title=Atlēti \ Ghetto Games|access-date=2022-04-05}} Dargais has been a multiple contestant and a winner of one of the greatest slam dunk contests in a world Kings of Air.

Dargais was named the regular season MVP of 2021–22 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League.

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