Molly
Carlson
Canada
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Cliff Diving
Date of birth | September 23, 1998 |
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Birthplace | Fort Frances, Ontario |
Age | 27 |
Nationality | Canada |
Career start | 2021 |
Disciplines | Cliff Diving |
Ever since her unforgettable debut at Saint-Raphaël on the French Riviera, where three stunning dives launched her into a surprise second-place finish, the 26-year-old TikTok sensation has been a perennial threat to eight-time champion Rhiannan Iffland.
Following her rookie season, in which she made it onto three podiums and bagged silver at the World Aquatics High Diving qualifier, the bubbly Canadian earned a permanent ticket and hasn’t looked back since.
In her first appearance as a permanent diver, the Montreal-based athlete added her name to the list of World Series competition winners with an impressive victory at the 2022 season opener in Boston, before six more second places secured her a runner-up spot behind Iffland.
The next two seasons followed a similar pattern, as Carlson missed the podium just once in 13 competitions and picked up three more victories – including an emotional win on home soil in Montreal in 2024 – and she is still the only diver to take victory from Iffland in the past 35 stops.
Despite her supreme consistency and quality, which has also yielded back-to-back golds in the High Diving World Cup, her efforts to topple the champion in the World Series have fallen just short.
As well as being one of the best cliff divers on the planet, Carlson is also creating a huge social impact as a world-renowned content creator. Taking inspiration from her own mantra of self-love, body positivity and overcoming fears, she founded the #BraveGang movement – a 4-million-strong community which empowers and encourages people to share stories of bravery and uplift one another. She fulfilled a dream when she was invited to the 2024 Paris Games as a creator.
In 2025, this motivational athlete will once again aim to empower herself from the 21m platform as she goes in search of a first King Kahekili Trophy.
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