Mallory Franklin (born 19 June 1994) is a British slalom canoeist who has competed internationally since 2010. 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.
Career Franklin is a two-time Olympian. She won a silver medal at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the C1 event. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Franklin finished 12th in the C1 final and 13th in kayak cross after being eliminated in the quarter-finals due to a fault in the roll zone.
Franklin has won 16 medals in total at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with seven golds (C1: 2017, 2023, C1 team: 2017, 2018, 2023, K1 team: 2019, 2021), five silvers (C1: 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021; K1: 2018) and four bronzes (C1: 2022, K1 team: 2018, 2023, C1 team: 2022).
She has also won 24 medals at the European Championships (8 golds, 9 silvers and 7 bronzes), including a silver and a bronze at the 2023 European Games in Kraków.
Franklin won the overall World Cup title in the C1 class in 2016 and in the Kayak cross in 2022.
Early life and education Franklin graduated from the University of Bedfordshire in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Sports Therapy.
Results World Cup individual podiums Total C1 7 8 6 21 K1 1 3 2 6 Kayak cross 3 0 1 4 Total 11 11 9 31
SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2012 9 June 2012 Cardiff 3rd C1 25 August 2012 Prague 2nd C1 2013 22 June 2013 Cardiff 3rd C1 29 June 2013 Augsburg 2nd C1 17 August 2013 Tacen 2nd C1 2014 7 June 2014 Lee Valley 1st C1 16 August 2014 Augsburg 1st C1 2015 4 July 2015 Liptovský Mikuláš 1st C1 2016 4 June 2016 Ivrea 2nd C1 18 June 2016 Pau 1st C1 3 September 2016 Prague 3rd C1 10 September 2016 Tacen 3rd C1 2017 17 June 2017 Prague 2nd C1 24 June 2017 Augsburg 2nd C1 2018 24 June 2018 Liptovský Mikuláš 3rd C1 7 July 2018 Augsburg 2nd K1 8 July 2018 Augsburg 2nd C1 8 September 2018 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd K1 9 September 2018 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd C1 2019 15 June 2019 Lee Valley 1st K1 16 June 2019 Lee Valley 1st C1 2021 4 September 2021 La Seu d'Urgell 2nd K1 2022 12 June 2022 Prague 3rd Kayak cross 19 June 2022 Kraków 1st C1 25 June 2022 Tacen 2nd K1 26 June 2022 Tacen 1st C1 4 September 2022 La Seu d'Urgell 1st Kayak cross 2023 9 June 2023 Prague 3rd K1 7 October 2023 Vaires-sur-Marne 3rd C1 2024 15 September 2024 Ivrea 1st Kayak cross 22 September 2024 La Seu d'Urgell 1st Kayak cross
Complete World Cup results Year Class WC1 WC2 WC3 WC4 WC5 Points Position 2010 C1 Continent Prague 8La Seu 15Augsburg 9 78 9th2011 C1Tacen 4L'Argentière 9Markkleeberg Prague 5 117 7th K12643 15 55th 2012 C1Cardiff 3 Pau La Seu Prague 2 Bratislava 105 9th2013 C1Cardiff 3Augsburg 2La Seu Tacen 2Bratislava 160 5th K1 2923 26 49th2014 C1Lee Valley 1Tacen 6Prague La Seu 5Augsburg 1 2613rd K121211834 73 31st 2015 C1 Prague Kraków 15Liptovský Mikuláš 1 La Seu Pau 75 21st2016 C1Ivrea 2La Seu 5Pau 1Prague 3Tacen 3 3071st K111 34 34 45th2017 C1Prague 2Augsburg 2Markkleeberg 20Ivrea La Seu 6 217 5th K1441621 163 10th2018 C1Liptovský Mikuláš 3Kraków 15Augsburg 2Tacen La Seu 2 2432nd K1102523 204 5th2019 C1Lee Valley 1Bratislava Tacen Markkleeberg Prague 15 116 18th K116 144 14th2021 C1Prague 4Markkleeberg 7La Seu 4Pau 132 12th K130302 65 28th
References
External links
Mallory Franklin at Paddle UK