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

Larissa Franklin

Personal information
Born	(1993-03-26) March 26, 1993 (age 29) Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Medal record Women's softball Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 2019 Lima

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.[4] 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.[5][6]

Personal life

Franklin is openly lesbian.[7]

References

External links

• Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons bio
• Western Kentucky Lady Toppers bio

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