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Michele Frangilli

Michele Frangilli
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Personal information
Born 1 May 1976 (1976-05) (age 40)
Gallarate, Italy
Medal record
Men's archery
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Riom Team (recurve)
Gold medal – first place 2003 New York Individual (recurve)
Silver medal – second place 1995 Jakarta Team (recurve)
Silver medal – second place 2001 Beijing Team (recurve)
Silver medal – second place 2015 Copenhagen Team (recurve)
Bronze medal – third place 2003 New York Team (recurve)
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Turin Team (recurve)
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Roncegno Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Moliet Team
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Florence Individual
Gold medal – first place 2001 Nimes Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Izmir Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Nimes Individual
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rzeszów Team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Cuba Team
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Florence Team
World Field Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Cortina Individual
Gold medal – first place 2002 Canberra Individual
Gold medal – first place 2006 Goteborg Individual
Gold medal – first place 2008 Llwynypia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Canberra Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Goteborg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Visegard Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Boe' Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Oulu Individual
Silver medal – second place 1996 Kranska Gora Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Oulu Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Athens Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mersin Team

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

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. 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. 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 USA at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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.


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