Gianni Frankis

Gianni Frankis
Personal information
Born(1988-04-16)16 April 1988
Rochford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event110 m hurdles
ClubEssex Beagles
Coached byTony Jarrett[2]

Gianni Frankis (born 16 April 1988) is a British-born Italian athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles.[3] He represented Great Britain at the 2009 World Championships without advancing from the first round. In addition, he won several medals at age-group competitions. He switched allegiance from Great Britain to Italy in 2016[4] but is yet to compete internationally for the new country.

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

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Great Britain
2005 World Youth Championships Marrakech, Morocco 3rd 110 m hurdles (91.4 cm) 13.48
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 7th 110 m hurdles 13.71
2007 European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands 3rd 110 m hurdles (99 cm) 13.47
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.57
World Championships Berlin, Germany 36th (h) 110 m hurdles 13.83
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 7th 110 m hurdles 13.79
5th 4 × 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 Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Coldwell, Ben (31 March 2016). "Gianni Frankis hope Italy move opens options". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 25 March 2018.


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