Kyara Chantal C. Linskens (born 13 November 1996) is a Belgian basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Belgian national team. She previously played for the Golden State Valkyries. https://valkyries.wnba.com/news/valkyries-announce-inaugural-season-roster-20250514
She participated at the EuroBasket Women 2017 and the EuroBasket Women 2021, earning bronze with Belgium. At EuroBasket Women 2023, she won the gold medal with Belgium and was awarded Finals MVP with 18 points, 15 rebounds versus Spain women's national basketball team. 9 of her points in the 2023 finals game were from free throws, which she shot with 100% accuracy. https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/297-fiba-womens-eurobasket/208490/games/111749-ESP-BEL#boxscore Linskens was also part of the Belgian team than won the EuroBasket Women 2025 championship.
Career statistics
WNBA Stats current through game on June 7, 2025
| align=left | | align=left | Golden State |4||0||6.8||.400||.000||—||1.5||0.3||0.3||0.8||0.5||1.0 |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | Career | align=left | 1 year, 1 team |4||0||6.8||.400||.000||—||1.5||0.3||0.3||0.8||0.5||1.0
Russia-PBL Regular season Stats current through end of 2025 season
| align=left| 2024–2025 | align=left| Dynamo Kursk |35|| ||21.0||.58||.20||.845||6.9||1.9||0.7||0.7||2.7||12.4 |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | Career | align=left | 1 year, 1 team |35|| ||21.0||.58||.20||.845||6.9||1.9||0.7||0.7||2.7||12.4
Honours
Club
Castors Braine
Belgian League: 2014–15, 2015-16 Belgian Cup: 2015
Namur-Capitale
Belgian Cup: 2016
Basketball Nymburk
Czech League: 2017–18
Gorzów Wielkopolski
Polish League: 2018–19
National team
U18 Women's EuroBasket : 2011 EuroBasket Women: 2023, 2025, 2017, 2021 Belgian Sports team of the Year: 2020, 2023, 2025
Individual
EuroBasket Final MVP: 2023 All-Second Team EuroBasket: 2025
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