Kšyštof Lavrinovič

Player information
Kšyštof Lavrinovič

birthday	November 1, 1979
place of birth	Vilnius, Soviet Union
size	209 cm
position	Power forward , center
Club information
society	Lietkabelis Panevėžys
league	Lietuvos krepšinio lyga
Jersey number	12
Clubs as active
1997–1998 Alita Alytus 2001–2002 Alita Alytus 2002–2004 Ural Great Perm 2004–2005 Dynamo Moscow 2005–2007 UNICS Kazan 2007–2012 Montepaschi Siena 2012–2014 Žalgiris Kaunas 2014 Valencia Basket Club 2014 Pallacanestro Reggiana 2014–2016 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Since 2016 Lietkabelis PanevėžysLithuania 1989 Lithuania 1989 Russia Russia Russia Italy Lithuania 00000Spain 00000Italy Lithuania 0Lithuania
National team
	Lithuania

Kšyštof Lavrinovič medal table
Basketball (men)
Lithuania Lithuania
European Championship
gold	Sweden 2003 Sweden
bronze	Spain 2007 Spain
silver	Slovenia 2013 Slovenia

Kšyštof Lavrinovič ( Polish: Krzysztof Ławrynowicz ; born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius ) is a Lithuanian basketball player who is 2.09 m tall in the positions of power forward and center . He has been under contract with Lietkabelis Panevėžys since 2016 and, like his twin brother Darjuš Lavrinovič , has been a member of the Lithuanian national team for many years . Both belong to the Polish minority in Lithuania .

Career

Like his brother, Kšyštof Lavrinovič began his career with Alita Alytus , the predecessor of BC Alytus . In late 1998, both were charged with joint rape. Unlike Darjuš, Kšyštof Lavrinovič pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in prison. He was released after about three years and was able to continue his career with Alita Alytus immediately.

In fact, with his performances, for which he was elected to the second national team of the LKL , he soon attracted the attention of larger clubs and in 2002 he switched to the Russian champions Ural Great Perm . Lavrinovič played there for the first time in the ULEB Cup and won the Russian Cup in 2004. This was followed by a change within Russia to Dynamo Moscow and from there to UNICS Kazan . With Kazan he reached the final series of the Russian championship and the final four in the ULEB Cup in 2007 . Lavrinovič then signed a contract with the Italian club Montepaschi Siena . Although he was almost never in the starting line-up , he became one of the team's most effective players. Lavrinovič won the national championship with Siena in each of his years there, as well as the Italian Cup in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 , where he was elected MVP of the final game in 2011 . In 2008 and 2011 he was elected to the All- Euroleague Second Team after Siena had reached the Final Four of that competition.

After five years in Italy, he returned to Lithuania in 2012 and moved to Žalgiris from Kaunas , with whom he successfully defended their Lithuanian championship title. While they again missed the quarter-final play-offs in the ULEB Euroleague 2012/13 , they reached the semi-finals in the VTB United League 2012/13 . After the bankruptcy of the majority owner Ūkio bankas of Vladimir Romanov , Žalgiris barely reached the second group stage of the ULEB Euroleague 2013/14 , but lost the first five group games there, so Lavrinovič took outstanding salary payments in mid-February as an occasion for another club change. For the rest of the season he joined the Spanish club from Valencia in the ACB league . After a few months at Pallacanestro Reggiana , Lavrinovič moved back to Lithuania at the end of 2014, this time playing for Lietuvos rytas Vilnius .

Lavrinovič celebrated his greatest success as part of the Lithuanian national team by winning the European Championship in 2003 . He also reached the semifinals in the Olympic basketball competition in 2004 and 2008 and took part in the European Championships in 2005 , 2007 and 2009 and the World Championships in 2006 and 2014 . Lavrinovič was also in the squad for the 2011 European Basketball Championship , which Lithuania hosted. At the 2013 European Championships , he won the silver medal with Lithuania.

Achievements and Awards

Success with the team

European champion 2003
Italian champion 2008–2012
Italian cup winner 2009–2012
Lithuanian champion 2013
Russian cup winner 2004

Personal awards

All-Euroleague Second Team 2008, 2011
MVP final of the Italian Cup 2011
MVP of the month October 2012 VTB United League

Web links

Commons : Kšyštof Lavrinovič - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Lavrinovic, KSISTOF - Statistics on the websites of the ULEB (English)
archive.fiba.com: Players - Ksistof LAVRINOVIC (LTU) - Overview of participation in FIBA tournaments (English)
Kšištof Lavrinovič in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Legabasket: Ksistof Lavrinovic - player profile on the websites of the Serie A (Italian)

Individual evidence

↑ Dwaj bliźniacy, dwa kosze
^ Pablo Malo de Molina: De la cárcel al Eurobasket. Liga ACB , August 28, 2003, accessed February 13, 2014 (Spanish).
↑ Statistically speaking, Lavrinovič is by far the most effective player in Lega Basket Serie A during this period, calculated over the same playing time.
↑ Lavrinovic: "Quería venir a Valencia porque este entrenador me conoce". Liga ACB , February 13, 2014, accessed on February 13, 2014 (Spanish, media info Valencia BC).

personal data
SURNAME	Lavrinovič, Kšyštof
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lavrinovic, Ksystof (spelling without diacritical marks)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Lithuanian basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH	November 1, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vilnius , Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union

[1] Dwaj bliźniacy, dwa kosze

[2] Pablo Malo de Molina: De la cárcel al Eurobasket. Liga ACB , August 28, 2003, accessed February 13, 2014 (Spanish).

[3] Statistically speaking, Lavrinovič is by far the most effective player in Lega Basket Serie A during this period, calculated over the same playing time.

[4] Lavrinovic: "Quería venir a Valencia porque este entrenador me conoce". Liga ACB , February 13, 2014, accessed on February 13, 2014 (Spanish, media info Valencia BC).