Molly Carlson of Canada dives from the 21 metre platform during the final competition day of the fourth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Takachiho, Japan on August 3, 2023.
Molly Carlson

Molly
Carlson

Canada

Canada

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Cliff Diving

A relatively unknown addition when she arrived on the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in 2021, Molly Carlson has rapidly risen to become the main contender to record champion Rhiannan Iffland.

Date of birth

September 23, 1998

Birthplace

Fort Frances, Ontario

Age

25

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 percent 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.