Molly Carlson of Canada dives from the 21 metre Stari Most (Old Bridge) during the fifth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina on August 25, 2022.
Molly Carlson poses for a portrait

Molly
Carlson

Canada

Canada

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Cliff Diving

Molly Carlson is a four-time Junior National Champion who wowed the crowd and made it onto the podium on her World Series debut.

Date of birth

September 23, 1998

Birthplace

Fort Frances, Ontario

Age

27

Nationality

Canada

Canada

Career start

2021

Disciplines

Cliff Diving

Not since a certain trailblazing champion arrived on the scene in 2016 has a cliff diving debutante made such an instant and impressive impact. When the World Series restarted in 2021, not many in the cliff diving world knew the name Molly Carlson, but by the end of the year, the 2014 Canadian Youth Olympian had cemented her status as one of the women’s top contenders.

Having based her decision to compete as a cliff diver on the results of a social media poll, where “99% of the responses were ‘yes’, other than my mother”, Carlson made her memorable debut at Saint-Raphaël on the French Riviera. Three exceptional dives helped secure a second-place finish, with only the champion Rhiannan Iffland ahead of her.