Tori Franklin

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Tori Franklin

| honorific_suffix = OLY

| birth_name =

| image = USATF day 1 2018 (42903197872).jpg

| caption = Franklin at the 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

| sport = Athletics

| event = Triple jump

|collegeteam = Michigan State Spartans

|coach =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|10|7}}

|birth_place = Evanston, Illinois, United States

|country = United States

|residence = Athens, Greece
Kalamata, Greece

|alias =

|club = Oiselle
2017-2019
Nike
2019-Present
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|height = 5 ft 8 in

|weight = 122 lb

|turnedpro = 2015

| death_date =

| death_place =

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

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Tori Franklin (born October 7, 1992) is an American triple jumper. Tori Franklin is the first American woman to ever medal in the triple jump at a World Athletics Championships (which happened in 2022).[https://onherturf.nbcsports.com/2022/07/18/yulimar-rojas-three-peats-in-triple-jump-tori-franklin-ends-u-s-drought/ Video: Yulimar Rojas three-peats in triple jump, Tori Franklin ends U.S. drought] NBC Sports[https://msuspartans.com/news/2022/7/19/track-and-field-tori-franklin-becomes-first-american-woman-to-medal-in-triple-jump-in-world-athletic-championships.aspx Tori Franklin Becomes First American Woman to Medal in Triple Jump at World Athletic Championships] Michigan State Spartans[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwHxjcHmpJ8 Tori Franklin after winning the USAs first World Championship Triple Jump medal in history] The Final Leg media{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/tori-franklin-270955 |title=Tori Franklin |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=August 5, 2017}} Tori Franklin also notably competed in the women's triple jump at the 2019 and 2017 World Championships in Athletics, jumping a personal best {{T&Fcalc|14.03}} in the preliminary round to place 9th & 13th respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/results/women/triple-jump/qualification/startlist#resultheader |title=Triple Jump women |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=August 5, 2017}}

Author

Tori Franklin's first book You Anthem Stories and Reflections of Celebration' was published in Fall 2023.[https://store.bookbaby.com/profile/ToriFranklin You Anthem Stories and Reflections of Celebration by Tori Franklin] Book Baby[https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143958169 You Anthem Stories and Reflections of Celebration by Tori Franklin book] Barnes and Nobles[https://www.amazon.co.jp/You-Anthem-Stories-Reflections-Celebration/dp/B0CG2Y1KRB You Anthem Stories and Reflections of Celebration by Tori Franklin book] Japan Amazon[https://www.amazon.com/You-Anthem-Stories-Reflections-Celebration/dp/B0CG2Y1KRB You Anthem Stories and Reflections of Celebration by Tori Franklin book] USA Amazon[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tori-franklin-jumping-writing-and-more/id1483545272?i=1000552159091 Tori Franklin: Jumping, Writing and More] Keeping Track podcast - February 2022[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-116-tori-franklin-new-book-you-anthem-stories-and/id1486031415?i=1000626114120 2 Black Runners Ep.116 - Tori Franklin - New Book - "You Anthem: Stories and Reflections of Celebration" - The Power of Love] 2 Black Runners podcast - August 2023

Competition

Tori Franklin competed at the 2014 North America Central American and Caribbean Under-23 Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia. There Franklin competed for the United States in the triple jump and posted a mark of 13.42 meters to finish first overall in the event.{{cite web|url=http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2014/tori-franklin-wins-triple-jump-for-us-team-at-nacac-championships/ |title=TORI FRANKLIN WINS TRIPLE JUMP FOR U.S. TEAM AT NACAC CHAMPIONSHIPS |publisher=Michigan State University |accessdate=August 28, 2017}}

Franklin competed in the women's triple jump at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, jumping a then personal best {{T&Fcalc|14.03}} in the preliminary round to rank #13 as the best non-qualifying athlete.

Franklin qualified for the final with her {{T&Fcalc|14.03}} first round jump at the 2018 World Indoor Championships, to eventually place 8th.

Franklin broke the U.S. record in the triple jump with her {{T&Fcalc|14.84}} performance at the International Meeting Region de Guadeloupe in Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France (overseas region) on May 12, 2018 - surpassing Olympic 4th-place finisher Keturah Orji‘s {{T&Fcalc|14.71}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=523484 |title=Tori Franklin Jumps to Second on All-Time American Triple Jump List at Texas Relays |publisher=DyeStat |accessdate=April 3, 2018}}

In 2021, Franklin moved to Athens, Greece.[https://anchor.fm/outoftheblocks/episodes/Tori-Franklin-e1o7m13 Out of the Blocks with Jasmine Todd & Katelyn Hutchison A Track And Field Podcast Tori Franklin] Citius Mag - Out of the Blocks with Jasmine Todd & Katelyn Hutchison

Franklin won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon; on her fifth jump she moved from 4th to 3rd place with her best jump of the season. Her medal was the United States' first ever World Championship Triple Jump medal.[https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/live/7137279/27522/42654/results Triple Jump Women Finals Results] 2022 World Athletics Championships World Athletics[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwHxjcHmpJ8 Tori Franklin after winning the USAs first World Championship Triple Jump medal in history] The Final Leg created by Anderson Emerole

2023

|World Athletics Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|12th

Year	Big Ten indoor	NCAA indoor	Big Ten Outdoor	NCAA Outdoor
class="wikitable sortable"
2015	bgcolor=gold\|Triple Jump {{convert\|13.31\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 1st	Triple Jump {{convert\|12.65\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 12th	Triple Jump {{convert\|12.72\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 5th	Triple Jump {{convert\|13.38\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 5th
2014	bgcolor=gold\|Triple Jump {{convert\|13.56\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 1st	Triple Jump {{convert\|13.17\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 5th	bgcolor=gold\|Triple Jump {{convert\|13.16\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 1st	Triple Jump {{convert\|12.76\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 13th
2013	Triple Jump {{convert\|12.61\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 6th		bgcolor=silver\|Triple Jump {{convert\|13.16\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 1st	Triple Jump {{convert\|13.56\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 4th
2012	bgcolor=silver\|Triple Jump {{convert\|12.84\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 2nd	bgcolor=cc99000\|Triple Jump {{convert\|13.34\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 3rd	bgcolor=cc99000\|Triple Jump {{convert\|12.91\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 3rd	Triple Jump {{convert\|13.00\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}} 12th

Tori Franklin

Author

Competition

=US Track and field Championships=

Michigan State University

Prep

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