Michele Frangilli

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Michele Frangilli
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Personal information
Born1 May 1976 (1976-05) (age 48)
Gallarate, Lombardy, Italy
Medal record
Men's archery
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Riom Team (recurve)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 New York Individual (recurve)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Jakarta Team (recurve)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Beijing Team (recurve)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Copenhagen Team (recurve)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 New York Team (recurve)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Turin Team (recurve)
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Roncegno Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Moliet Team
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Florence Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Nimes Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Izmir Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Nimes Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Rzeszów Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Cuba Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Florence Team
World Field Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 CortinaIndividual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 CanberraIndividual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 GoteborgIndividual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 LlwynypiaTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 CanberraTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 GoteborgTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 VisegardTeam
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Boe' Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Oulu Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Kranska Gora Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Oulu Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Athens Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Mersin Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Mersin Team

Michele Frangilli (born 1 May 1976) is an Italian archer.

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Biography

He was born in Gallarate. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery, finishing in 6th place and winning the bronze medal in the team event. [1] [2] He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery, finishing in 10th place and winning the silver medal in the team event. [1] [3] In 2003 he has won the World Target Archery Championships for Recurve (Olympic) Division in New York.

Frangilli competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was defeated by Hiroshi Yamamoto of Japan, the eventual silver medalist. [1] His final rank was 31st overall. Frangilli was also a member of the 7th-place Italian men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Frangilli scored a 10 with the last arrow to dramatically win the men's archery team gold medal final against the US at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [4]

Frangilli has, up to now, won 11 Titles of World Champion for Recurve Bow in various disciplines, including Indoor, Target and Field Archery, so being the only one in the story of recurve archery to win World Champion titles in all the three specialties, for both individual and team. He also co-authored in 2005 a book on Olympic archery technique, entitled The Heretic Archer, with his father and coach, Vittorio Frangilli. He is a former world number one ranked men's recurve archer.

In 2014, using his nickname "GILLO", he has registered a new brand for archery products named "GILLO Gold Medal"

Records

Individual performance timeline

Tournament19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014 SR
World Archery tournaments
Olympic Games QF 3R 2R 1R 0/4
World Championships 2R QF QF 3R W 2R 2R 2R 1R 1/9
World Cup
Stage 1 2R 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 0/6
Stage 2 4th W 2nd 3R 3R 3R 4R 1/7
Stage 3 QF 2R 3R 3R QF 1R 0/6
Stage 4 3R 3R QF 3R 0/4
World Cup FinalDNQ 4th QF DNQDNQDNQDNQ0/2
End of year world ranking 521359740258315284032

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