Michael Linklater

Linklater is ranked as one of Canada’s best 3-on-3 basketball players. As a captain of Team Saskatoon, he participated in several FIBA 3x3 World Tour Finals and joined the 3-on-3 world tour in 2012. Three-on-three basketball makes its Olympic debut in 2020 in Tokyo.

For his second year of post-secondary eligibility, Linklater moved back to Saskatoon to attend the University of Saskatchewan. Afterwards, he returned to take classes in the Nutrition program at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary. After a year off due to an injury, Linklater transferred to Lakeland College in Lloydminster, Alberta, where he again played basketball. He finished his post-secondary playing career at the University of Saskatchewan where, in 2009-10, the basketball team won its only CanWest Conference Championship and Canadian Intercollegiate Sport (now USport) National Championship under his captaincy.

Michael Linklater (born September 25, 1982) is a Canadian basketball player. He plays for the Saskatchewan Rattlers. He is a Nehiyaw (Cree). Linklater is the recipient of the 2018 Tom Longboat Award, which recognizes Aboriginal athletes "for their outstanding contributions to sport in Canada".

Linklater was born in Trenton, New Jersey on September 25, 1982. He is a Nehiyaw (Cree) and a descendant of the Thunderchild First Nation, located on Treaty 6 Territory. Linklater was raised by his great aunt Maria, and her husband, Walter, who became his legal guardians in Thunder Bay, Ontario. At age 10, both he and his guardians moved to Saskatoon. At 16, he legally changed his last name to Linklater, matching his legal guardians.