Molly Carlson (born September 22, 1998)[1][2] is a Canadian high diver and social media personality.

[9][10] During her final year of high school, Carlson moved from Thunder Bay to Toronto to focus on diving and training to make the 2016 Olympic team.

[13] In 2019, Carlson polled her Instagram followers to ask if she should compete in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.

[4] She began high diving after a series of wrist injuries made head-first entries difficult.

[15] In the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Carlson won the Boston event.

[19] At 23, she was the youngest person to win an event at a Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.

Her boyfriend, British diver Aidan Heslop, broke the record later that day, winning the men's event at age 20.

[27][28] In July 2023, Carlson won the silver medal in high-diving at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

[37] Carlson placed first at the fifth stop in Montreal, the first time the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series had ever been in Canada.

She then dove her second-hardest dive of the contest, with a 3.8 degree of difficulty, bringing her score to 328.20 and placing her in the lead.

Carlson is an advocate for mental health, telling CNN, “I have the biggest passion for mental health [...] I really want to public speak to athletes on how to prioritize your self-care and ask for help when you need it, because I never want anyone to go through the year of hell that I went through and to feel isolated and alone.”[43] Carlson, known for her daring feats in high diving, has often been an inspiration for athletes across disciplines.

She discussed overcoming anxiety and credited the USA Volleyball player, Victoria Garrick, as a major influence.

Carlson explained that watching Garrick overcome her own struggles to become her true self motivated her to do the same for her followers, stating, “She’s my biggest inspiration, for sure.