Mallory Franklin (born 19 June 1994) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed internationally since 2009. She competes in both Kayak (K1/seated double-blade paddle) and Canadian Canoe (C1/kneeling single-blade paddle) classes, as well as the Kayak cross discipline. She won silver at the

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in the Women's C1 event. She is a seven-time World and seven-time European champion, with particular success in team events. Franklin has won 16 medals in total at the

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with seven golds (C1:

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, C1 team: 2017,

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, 2023, K1 team:

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), five silvers (C1:

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, 2018,

; K1: 2018) and four bronzes (C1:

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, K1 team: 2018, 2023, C1 team: 2022). She has also won 21 medals at the

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(7 golds, 8 silvers and 6 bronzes), including a silver and a bronze at the

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. Franklin won the overall

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title in the C1 class in

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and in the Kayak cross in

. At the

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, Franklin finished 12th in the C1 final and was disqualified in the kayak cross quarter-finals.

Early life and education

Franklin graduated from the

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in 2016 with a

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(BSc) in Sports Therapy.

Results

World Cup individual podiums

Complete World Cup results

References

External links

* * Living people English female canoeists 1994 births Alumni of the University of Bedfordshire British female canoeists Sportspeople from Windsor, Berkshire Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in canoeing Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic canoeists for Great Britain Canoeists at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for Great Britain European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain European Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century English sportswomen Long stubs with short prose {{UK-canoe-bio-stub