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Gabriele Frangipani

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Gabriele Frangipani
Frangipani at the 2020 European Championships
Born (2001-12-31) 31 December 2001 (age 22)
Pisa, Italy
HometownBolzano, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country Italy
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachFabio Mascarello
Giulia Cotugno
Marilu Guarnieri
Skating clubGruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro
Began skating2010
Medal record
Italian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Pinerolo Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Egna Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Turin Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Brunico Singles

Gabriele Frangipani (born 31 December 2001) is an Italian figure skater. He is the 2019 Toruń Cup silver medalist, the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, four-time Italian national national medalist, and two-time Italian national junior champion (2019, 2020).

He has represented Italy at the European Figure Skating Championships, with his highest placement being fourth in 2024.

Personal life

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Frangipani was born on December 31, 2001, in Pisa, Italy.[1]

Career

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Early career

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Frangipani began figure skating in 2010. His first coach was Viktoria Andreeva. He won the bronze medal at the 2014 Italian Novice Championships.[2]

2015–16 season

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Frangipani began the season by winning novice bronze at the 2015 Lombardia Trophy. Making his junior international debut, he went on to finish seventh at the 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup as well as win gold at the 2015 Merano Cup at the novice level. At the 2016 Italian Junior Championships, Frangipani finished eighth. He closed the season with a fifth-place finish at the 2016 Egna Spring Trophy on the junior level.[2]

2016–17 season

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Frangipani began the season by winning the gold medal at the 2016 Denkova-Staviski Cup. He then went on to place seventh at the 2016 Merano Cup.[2]

At the 2017 Italian Junior Championships, Frangipani won the bronze medal. Frangipani went on to finish ninth at the 2017 Bavarian Open before ending the season at the 2017 Cup of Tyrol with a fifth-place finish.[2]

Following the season, Frangipani ultimately relocated to the Young Goose Academy in Egna, Italy, to train under Lorenzo Magri.[1][3]

2017–18 season

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Frangipani started the season at the 2017 Golden Bear of Zagreb, where he won the silver medal. He then went on to win silver at the 2017 Leo Scheu Memorial and gold at the 2017 Merano Cup.[2]

At the 2018 Italian Junior Championships, Frangipani won the silver medal. He went on to win gold at the 2018 Mentor Toruń Cup, before placing fourth at the 2018 Coupe du Printemps and 2018 Egna Spring Trophy.[2]

2018–19 season

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Debuting on the Junior Grand Prix series, Frangipani finished eighth at the 2018 JGP Lithuania and tenth at the 2018 JGP Slovenia. He went on to win gold medals at the 2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb and at the 2018 Alpen Trophy. He also competed at the 2018 Cup of Tyrol, where he won the silver medal as well as the gold medal at the 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb.[2]

At the 2019 Italian Junior Championships, Frangipani won the gold medal. Making his debut on the senior international level, Frangipani won silver at the 2019 Mentor Toruń Cup and finished fourth at the 2019 Dragon Trophy. Selected to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Frangipani finished the event in twenty-third place.[2]

2019–20 season

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Frangipani began the season by competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, placing seventh at the 2019 JGP Russia and ninth at the 2019 JGP Croatia. He on to compete on the senior level at the 2019 Golden Bear of Zagreb, finishing seventh. He also competed at the 2019 Warsaw Cup and the 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb, finishing fourth and eleventh, respectively.[2]

At the 2020 Italian Junior Championships, Frangipani won the gold medal for the second year and a row. He was ultimately selected to compete at the 2020 European Championships in Graz, Austria, where he placed thirteenth.[2]

Frangipani ended his season at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, finishing fourteenth.[2]

2020–21 season

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Prior to the season, Frangipani began working with Giorgia Carrossa and Eva Martinek as coaches. He began the season with a silver medal at the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy.[2]

Debuting on the senior level at the 2021 Italian Championships, Frangipani won the bronze medal. He then went on to finish fourth at the 2021 International Challenge Cup, before ending his season with a gold medal at the 2021 Egna Spring Trophy.<[2]

2021–22 season

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Prior to the season, Angelina Turenko and Alisa Mikonsaari became part of Frangipani's coaching team. Frangipani started the season by placing fourth at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy and tenth at the 2021 Finlandia Trophy. Debuting on the Grand Prix series, Frangipani finished eleventh at the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia and twelfth at the 2021 Internationaux de France.[2]

At the 2022 Italian Championships, Frangipani won the bronze medal for the second year and a row. Competing at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Frangipani finished ninth. He then took the gold medal at the 2022 Merano Cup and the silver medal at the 2022 Bellu Memorial, before ending his season at the 2022 Egna Spring Trophy, where he won the gold medal for the second consecutive time.[2]

2022–23 season

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Frangipani began the season by unexpectedly taking gold at the 2022 Nepela Memorial, scoring personal bests in all segments of the competition. He then competed at the 2022 Budapest Trophy, where he earned a new personal best in the free skate segment of the competition and finished fourth. Competing on the Grand Prix series at the 2022 NHK Trophy, Frangipani finished ninth.[2]

At the 2023 Italian Championships, Frangipani won his third consecutive bronze medal. He was selected to compete at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Frangipani placed tenth.[2]

Although Frangipani completed the short program at the 2023 International Challenge Cup, finishing seventeenth, Frangipani withdrew from the event prior to the free skate. He then ended the season with a bronze medal at the 2023 Triglav Trophy.[2]

Frangipani performing his short program at the 2024 World Championships

2023–24 season

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Beginning the season at the 2023 Nepela Memorial, Frangipani won the gold medal there for the second consecutive year, after finishing sixth in the short program and rising to first place with a new personal best free skate score.[4] Given two Grand Prix assignments, he first competed at the 2023 Cup of China, where he was fifth, and fractions of a point off of fourth place.[5] He went on to place sixth at the 2023 NHK Trophy, saying he was "about 50% pleased" with his performance there.[6]

After claiming the silver medal at the Italian Championships, Frangipani competed at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas. He finished fourth in both segments, and fourth overall, narrowly losing the bronze medal to fellow Italian Matteo Rizzo after repeating too many triple jumps and thereby violating the Zayak rule. He remarked afterward that he was "feeling so stupid right now," but added "overall, I am very happy about what I showed today."[7]

Frangipani concluded the season making his World Championship debut at the 2024 edition in Montreal, coming sixteenth.[2]

2024–25 season

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Frangipani started the season by winning the silver medal at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, he finished sixth at 2024 Skate Canada International and tenth at the 2024 NHK Trophy.[2]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
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2023–2024
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2022–2023
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2021–2022
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2020–2021
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2019–2020
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2018–2019
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Competitive highlights

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Competition placements at senior level [14]
Season 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023-24 2024-25
World Championships 16th
European Championships 13th 9th 10th 4th
Italian Championships 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd
GP Cup of China 5th
GP France 12th
GP Italy 11th
GP NHK Trophy 9th 6th 10th
GP Skate Canada 6th
CS Budapest Trophy 4th 10th
CS Finlandia Trophy 10th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 11th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd 4th 2nd
CS Nepela Memorial 1st 1st
CS Warsaw Cup 4th 2nd
Bellu Memorial 2nd
Challenge Cup 4th WD
Dragon Trophy 4th
Egna Spring Trophy 1st 1st
Golden Bear of Zagreb 7th
Mentor Toruń Cup 2nd
Merano Cup 1st 3rd
Tirnavia Ice Cup 1st
Triglav Trophy 3rd
Competition placements at junior level [14]
Season 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
World Junior Championships 23rd 14th
Italian Championships 8th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st
JGP Croatia 9th
JGP Lithuania 8th
JGP Russia 7th
JGP Slovenia 10th
Bavarian Open 9th
Coupe du Printemps 4th
Cup of Tyrol 5th 2nd
Denkova-Staviski Cup 7th 1st
Egna Spring Trophy 5th 1st
Golden Bear of Zagreb 2nd 1st
Golden Spin of Zagreb 1st
Leo Scheu Memorial 2nd
Mentor Toruń Cup 1st
Merano Cup 7th 1st

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [14]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 251.59 2023 Cup of China
Short program TSS 87.39 2022 CS Nepela Memorial
TES 49.32 2022 CS Nepela Memorial
PCS 38.90 2024 World Championships
Free skating TSS 166.40 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
TES 87.96 2023 CS Nepela Memorial
PCS 80.85 2024 European Championships

Senior level

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Results in the 2018–19 season[14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 8–13, 2019 Poland 2019 Mentor Toruń Cup 2 68.19 1 130.77 2 198.96
Feb 7–10, 2019 Slovenia 2019 Dragon Trophy 5 64.55 2 126.66 4 191.21
Results in the 2019–20 season[14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 24–27, 2019 Croatia 2019 Golden Bear of Zagreb 5 62.65 8 110.35 7 173.00
Nov 14–17, 2019 Poland 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 3 70.14 4 132.82 4 202.96
Dec 4–7, 2019 Croatia 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 9 72.06 12 129.41 11 201.47
Jan 20–26, 2020 Austria 2020 European Championships 10 76.91 12 141.09 13 218.00
Results in the 2020–21 season[14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 23–26, 2020 Germany 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2 79.13 2 152.52 2 231.65
Dec 12–13, 2020 Italy 2021 Italian Championships 2 87.85 3 145.64 3 233.49
Feb 25–28, 2021 Netherlands 2021 International Challenge Cup 2 81.04 4 148.07 4 229.11
Apr 29 – May 2, 2021 Italy 2021 Egna Spring Trophy 1 71.81 2 135.11 1 206.92
Results in the 2021–22 season[14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 22–25, 2021 Germany 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 4 83.11 6 146.28 4 229.39
Oct 7–10, 2021 Finland 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 7 73.37 12 135.88 10 209.25
Nov 5–7, 2021 Italy 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia 12 55.09 11 112.51 11 167.60
Nov 19–21, 2021 France 2021 Internationaux de France 11 66.33 12 117.94 12 184.27
Dec 4–5, 2021 Italy 2021 Italian Championships 3 73.19 3 143.50 3 216.69
Jan 10–16, 2022 Estonia 2022 European Championships 9 81.79 10 157.16 9 238.95
Feb 5–6, 2022 Italy 2022 Merano Cup 2 74.65 1 150.46 1 225.11
Feb 26–27, 2022 Romania 2022 Bellu Memorial 1 88.99 2 140.61 2 229.60
Apr 7–10, 2022 Italy 2022 Egna Spring Trophy 1 85.57 1 164.94 1 250.51
Results in the 2022–23 season[14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2022 Slovakia 2022 CS Nepela Memorial 1 87.39 1 157.18 1 244.57
Oct 14–16, 2022 Hungary 2022 CS Budapest Trophy 7 70.79 3 160.20 4 230.99
Nov 18–20, 2022 Japan 2022 NHK Trophy 10 68.78 9 143.53 9 212.31
Dec 15–18, 2022 Italy 2023 Italian Championships 4 75.79 3 156.91 3 232.70
Jan 25–29, 2023 Finland 2023 European Championships 7 77.35 12 134.27 10 211.62
Feb 23–26, 2023 Netherlands 2023 International Challenge Cup 17 48.68 WD
Apr 13–16, 2023 Slovenia 2023 Triglav Trophy 3 70.11 3 147.71 3 217.82
Results in the 2023–24 season[14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 28–30, 2023 Slovakia 2023 CS Nepela Memorial 6 79.04 1 164.87 1 243.91
Oct 13–15, 2023 Hungary 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 11 63.95 11 123.60 10 187.55
Oct 27-29, 2023 Slovakia 2023 Tirnavia Ice Cup 2 72.66 2 139.01 1 211.67
Nov 10–12, 2023 China 2023 Cup of China 5 85.19 6 166.40 5 251.59
Nov 24–26, 2023 Japan 2023 NHK Trophy 8 78.20 6 148.95 6 227.15
Dec 22–23, 2023 Italy 2024 Italian Championships 1 91.04 2 148.74 2 239.78
Jan 8–14, 2024 Lithuania 2024 European Championships 4 83.51 4 162.58 4 246.09
Feb 23-25, 2024 Italy 2024 Merano Ice Trophy 2 82.41 1 133.77 1 216.18
Mar 18–24, 2024 Canada 2024 World Championships 13 82.63 17 148.75 16 231.38
Results in the 2024–25 season[14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 19–21, 2024 Germany 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2 79.18 2 166.93 2 246.11
Oct 25–27, 2024 Canada 2024 Skate Canada International 10 76.18 5 146.39 6 222.57
Nov 8–10, 2024 Japan 2024 NHK Trophy 8 81.33 9 142.49 10 223.82
Nov 20–24, 2024 Poland 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 2 78.47 2 141.47 2 219.94

Junior level

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Results in the 2015–16 season[14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 20–25, 2015 Bulgaria 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup 8 38.88 5 81.37 7 120.25
Dec 16–19, 2016 Italy 2016 Italian Championships (Junior) 9 41.07 8 77.45 8 118.52
Apr 15–17, 2016 Italy 2016 Egna Spring Trophy 6 41.18 5 79.64 5 120.82
Results in the 2016–17 season[14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 18–23, 2016 Bulgaria 2016 Denkova-Staviski Cup 1 52.88 2 92.11 1 144.99
Nov 10–13, 2016 Italy 2016 Merano Cup 7 50.34 7 92.13 7 142.47
Dec 14–17, 2016 Italy 2017 Italian Championships (Junior) 3 48.16 4 92.41 3 140.57
Feb 14–19, 2017 Germany 2017 Bavarian Open 8 52.83 9 90.73 9 143.56
Feb 28 – Mar 5, 2017 Austria 2017 Cup of Tyrol 5 52.62 6 103.18 5 155.80
Results in the 2017–18 season[14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 26–29, 2017 Croatia 2017 Golden Bear of Zagreb 1 59.17 4 85.91 2 145.08
Nov 8–12, 2017 Austria 2017 Leo Scheu Memorial 2 62.94 1 114.84 2 177.78
Nov 15–19, 2017 Italy 2017 Merano Cup 1 61.48 1 117.21 1 178.69
Dec 13–16, 2017 Italy 2018 Italian Championships (Junior) 1 56.18 2 110.73 2 166.91
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2018 Poland 2018 Mentor Toruń Cup 1 55.94 1 98.96 1 154.90
Mar 16–18, 2018 Luxembourg 2018 Coupe du Printemps 4 53.36 4 110.67 4 164.03
Apr 4–8, 2018 Italy 2018 Egna Spring Trophy 1 72.98 2 106.95 1 179.93
Results in the 2018–19 season[14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 5–8, 2018 Lithuania 2018 JGP Lithuania 4 63.52 9 102.33 8 165.85
Oct 3–6, 2018 Slovenia 2018 JGP Slovenia 9 58.64 10 104.34 10 162.98
Oct 25–28, 2018 Croatia 2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb 1 67.24 1 125.45 1 192.69
Dec 5–8, 2018 Croatia 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb 1 67.95 1 127.26 1 195.21
Dec 13–16, 2018 Italy 2019 Italian Championships (Junior) 1 72.29 1 124.03 1 196.32
Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2019 Austria 2019 Cup of Tyrol 2 64.70 2 95.32 2 160.02
Mar 4–10, 2019 Croatia 2019 World Junior Championships 24 61.32 23 109.57 23 170.89
Results in the 2019–20 season[14]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 11–14, 2019 Russia 2019 JGP Russia 12 57.84 5 121.66 7 179.50
Sep 25–28, 2019 Croatia 2019 JGP Croatia 5 73.32 9 117.19 9 190.51
Dec 12–15, 2019 Italy 2020 Italian Championships (Junior) 1 78.31 1 123.28 1 201.59
Mar 2–8, 2020 Estonia 2020 World Junior Championships 11 75.05 16 123.36 14 198.41

References

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  10. ^ "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022.
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  12. ^ "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020.
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