Larissa Franklin

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|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1993|03|26|mf=yes}}

|birth_place=Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

|height=173 cm

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|medaltemplates={{MedalSport |Women's softball}}

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Larissa Franklin (born March 26, 1993) is a Canadian Olympic softball player.{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/Larissa-fraser/|title=Larissa Franklin|website=www.olympic.ca/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=10 July 2021}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web |title=Larissa Franklin - Player Profil |url=https://softball.ca/player/larissa-franklin-1993-03-26.htm |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Softball Canada}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Meet the Team - Larissa Franklin |url=https://softball.ca/news/meet-the-team-larissa-franklin.htm |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=softball.ca |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Larissa Franklin |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/larissa-franklin/ |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |date=25 February 2015 |language=en-US}} 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. 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. In June 2021, Franklin was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.{{cite web|title=Team Canada reveals roster for softball's Olympic return|last=Nichols|first=Paula|url=https://olympic.ca/2021/05/12/team-canada-reveals-roster-for-softballs-olympic-return/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|date=12 May 2021|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/softball/canada-names-olympic-softball-team-1.6023585|title=Canada names Olympic women's softball team|date=12 May 2021|website=www.cbc.ca/|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=24 May 2021}}

Franklin represented Canada at the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup and won a bronze medal.{{cite web |url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/events/2024-womens-softball-world-cup-finals/news/2024-women-softball-world-cup-bronze-medal-game-canada-netherlands |title=Callum Pilgrim walks off dramatic game with grand slam, Canada beats Netherlands to claim Women's Softball World Cup bronze medal |website=wbsc.org |date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024}}

Personal life

Franklin is openly lesbian.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-28|title=Polish Rower Comes Out After Winning Silver|url=http://gomag.com/article/polish-rower-comes-out-after-winning-silver/|access-date=2021-07-29|website=GO Magazine|language=en-US}}

References

External links

[https://gomastodons.com/sports/softball/roster/larissa-franklin/1659 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons bio]
[https://wkusports.com/sports/softball/roster/larissa-franklin/833 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers bio]

Category:1993 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian softball players

Category:Competitors at the 2022 World Games

Category:Softball players at the 2015 Pan American Games

Category:Softball players at the 2019 Pan American Games

Category:Softball players at the 2023 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games

Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada

Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada