Michele Frangilli

{{Short description|Italian archer (born 1976)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 May 1976}}

| birth_place = Gallarate, Lombardy, Italy

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{{MedalSport | Men's archery }}

{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2012 London | Team }}

{{MedalSilver | 2000 Sydney | Team }}

{{MedalBronze | 1996 Atlanta | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1999 Riom | Team (recurve) }}

{{MedalGold | 2003 New York | Individual (recurve) }}

{{MedalSilver | 1995 Jakarta | Team (recurve) }}

{{MedalSilver | 2001 Beijing | Team (recurve) }}

{{MedalSilver | 2015 Copenhagen | Team (recurve) }}

{{MedalBronze | 2003 New York | Team (recurve) }}

{{MedalBronze | 2011 Turin | Team (recurve) }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1994 Roncegno | Team}}

{{MedalSilver | 1993 Moliet | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2001 Florence | Individual}}

{{MedalGold | 2001 Nimes | Team}}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Izmir | Team}}

{{MedalSilver | 2003 Nimes | Individual}}

{{MedalSilver | 2007 Rzeszów | Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 1997 Cuba | Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 2001 Florence | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Field Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2000 Cortina|Individual}}

{{MedalGold | 2002 Canberra|Individual}}

{{MedalGold | 2006 Goteborg|Individual}}

{{MedalGold | 2008 Llwynypia|Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 2002 Canberra|Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 2006 Goteborg|Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Visegard|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1998 Boe' | Team}}

{{MedalGold | 2002 Oulu | Individual}}

{{MedalSilver | 1996 Kranska Gora | Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 2002 Oulu | Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 2006 Athens | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Mersin|Individual}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Mersin|Team}}

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

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.{{cite Sports-Reference |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/michele-frangilli-1.html |title = Michele Frangilli |accessdate = 13 September 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235137/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/michele-frangilli-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/gamesandsportsummary/?sport=31766&games=1996%2f1&event=31775 |title=Atlanta 1996 – Men's Team Archery |access-date=13 September 2014 |website=www.olympic.org |publisher=IOC |archive-date=12 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012035247/http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/gamesandsportsummary/?sport=31766&games=1996/1&event=31775 |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/gamesandsportsummary/?sport=31766&games=2000%2f1&event=31775 |title=Sydney 2000 – Men's Team Archery |access-date=13 September 2014 |website=www.olympic.org |publisher=IOC }} 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. 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/archery/team-fita-olympic-round-70m-m |title=London 2012 – Men's Team Archery |access-date=13 September 2014 |website=www.olympic.org |publisher=IOC |archive-date=4 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204123521/http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/archery/team-fita-olympic-round-70m-m |url-status=live }}

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

  • Current world record holder 25 meter 60 arrows, shot on 21 November 2001(Gallarate, ITA): 300+298=598
  • Former world record holder 18 meter 60 arrows, shot on 13 January 2001(Nîmes, FRA): 597
  • Current world record holder 36 arrow final round, shot on 3 March 2004(Caorle, ITA): 358
  • He was also knighted by the Italian government.

Individual performance timeline

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colspan="22" style="text-align:left;" | World Archery tournaments
align=left | Olympic Games

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align=left | World Championships

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| style="background:#FFD700;" | W

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align=left | World Cup

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align=right | Stage 1

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| style="background:#afeeee;" | 2R

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align=right | Stage 2

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| style="background:thistle;" | 4th

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| style="background:#DCDCDC;" | 2nd

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align=right | Stage 3

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| style="background:#ffebcd;" | QF

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align=right | Stage 4

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align=right | World Cup Final

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style=text-align:left|End of year world ranking

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! 9

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! 28

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