Larissa Franklin
Personal information
Born (1993-03-26) March 26, 1993
Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago Team

Larissa Franklin (born March 26, 1993) is a Canadian Olympic softball player.[1]

Career

Franklin joined Team Canada in 2011, competing in the 2011 WBSC Junior Women's World Championship in Cape Town, South Africa, where her team finished fifth.[2] After joining the senior team in 2013, Franklin competed in the World Cup of Softball and the WBSC Americas Qualifier, winning a silver medal with her team.[3] Franklin has continued playing for Canada, competing in international events such as the 2014, 2016 and 2018 WBSC Women’s Softball World Championships, where she won bronze in the latter two events.[3] In 2015, she and her team competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, where they won gold, and in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, where they won silver.[1] In June 2021, Franklin was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[4][5]

Personal life

Franklin is openly lesbian.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Larissa Franklin". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Meet the Team - Larissa Franklin". softball.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  3. 1 2 "Larissa Franklin". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  4. ↑ Nichols, Paula (12 May 2021). "Team Canada reveals roster for softball's Olympic return". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Canada names Olympic women's softball team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Polish Rower Comes Out After Winning Silver". GO Magazine. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-07-29.


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