Derek William Sankey is a former member of the Canadian national men's basketball team

Canadian national men's basketball team

The Canadian national men's basketball team represents Canada in international basketball competitions. The team is currently ranked 24th by FIBA. Athletes for this team are selected by Canada Basketball...

. He was a member of the Canadian team which finished fourth at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

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A native of British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Sankey played high school basketball at Lord Byng High School and college basketball

College basketball

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 at the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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. He was a member of two Thunderbirds teams that won the CIAU

CIAU

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 national championship, one in 1967 and the other in 1970. He was named a CIAU First Team All-Canadian in 1970.

Sankey played for Canada at the 1970 FIBA World Championship

1970 FIBA World Championship

The 1970 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Yugoslavia at Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from May 10 to 24 , 1970...

, the 1970 World Student Games, the qualifying tournament for the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

, the 1975 Pan Am Games, and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Sankey was inducted into the Naismith Museum and Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Basketball BC Hall of Fame in 2007.