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

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Michele Frangilli

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Born	1 May 1976 (1976-05) (age 47) Gallarate, Lombardy, Italy
Medal record Men's archery Representing  Italy Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2000 Sydney Team 1996 Atlanta Team World Championships 1999 Riom Team (recurve) 2003 New York Individual (recurve) 1995 Jakarta Team (recurve) 2001 Beijing Team (recurve) 2015 Copenhagen Team (recurve) 2003 New York Team (recurve) 2011 Turin Team (recurve) World Junior Championships 1994 Roncegno Team 1993 Moliet Team World Indoor Championships 2001 Florence Individual 2001 Nimes Team 2007 Izmir Team 2003 Nimes Individual 2007 Rzeszów Team 1997 Cuba Team 2001 Florence Team World Field Championships 2000 Cortina Individual 2002 Canberra Individual 2006 Goteborg Individual 2008 Llwynypia Team 2002 Canberra Team 2006 Goteborg Team 2010 Visegard Team European Championships 1998 Boe' Team 2002 Oulu Individual 1996 Kranska Gora Team 2002 Oulu Team 2006 Athens Team Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Individual 2013 Mersin Team

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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"

• 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.