Gianni Frankis

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Gianni Frankis
Personal information
Born(1988-04-16)16 April 1988
Rochford, Essex, England
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event 110 m hurdles
Club Newham and Essex Beagles A.C.
Coached by Tony Jarrett [2]

Gianni Joseph Frankis (born 16 April 1988) is a British born Italian former athlete who specialised in the sprint hurdles. [3]

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Biography

Frankis was born in Rochford, Essex and represented Great Britain at the 2009 World Championships without advancing from the first round. In addition, he won several medals at age-group competitions.

In 2016, he switched allegiance from Great Britain to Italy. [4]

His personal bests are 13.54 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+2.0 m/s, Newham 2013) and 7.67 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Vienna 2013).

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2005 World Youth Championships Marrakech, Morocco 3rd110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)13.48
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 7th110 m hurdles 13.71
2007 European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands 3rd110 m hurdles (99 cm)13.47
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 2nd110 m hurdles 13.57
World Championships Berlin, Germany 36th (h)110 m hurdles 13.83
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 7th110 m hurdles 13.79
5th4 × 400 m relay 3:08.68
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 17th (sf)110 m hurdles 13.68

References

  1. "EAA profile". European Athletics . Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. "Power of 10 profile". Power of 10. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. Gianni Frankis at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. Coldwell, Ben (31 March 2016). "Gianni Frankis hope Italy move opens options". Athletics Weekly . Retrieved 25 March 2018.