Gabriele Frangipani

Gabriele Frangipani
Gabriele Frangipani
	Frangipani at the 2020 European Championships
Born	31 December 2001 (age 22); Pisa, Italy
Hometown	Bolzano, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Italy
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Fabio Mascarello; Giulia Cotugno; Marilu Guarnieri
Skating club	Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro
Began skating	2010
Medal record
Italian Championships

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

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

Career

Early career

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

Frangipani performing his short program at 2024 Skate Canada International

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

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

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2024–25 ^[8]	Fjara by Dirk Maassen arranged by Cédric Tour choreo. by Benoît Richaud	Echo Sax End by Caleb Arredondo Naval by Yann Tiersen arranged by Cédric Tour Big Plans (from The Home of Dark Butterflies) by Panu Aaltio Silhouette by Aquilo and Jonathan Green arranged by Cédric Tour choreo. by Benoît Richaud	Ballad of a Thin Man by Bob Dylan performed by Richard Hawley
2023–24 ^[9]	Keeping Me Alive by Jonathan Roy choreo. by Benoît Richaud	Io ci sarò by David Foster and Walter Afanasieff performed by Andrea Bocelli and Lang Lang choreo. by Benoît Richaud	Impossible by Arnthor Birgisson & Ina Wroldsen performed by James Arthur choreo. by Benoît Richaud Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars)
2022–23 ^[10]	Heart Upon My Sleeve by Avicii and Imagine Dragons choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2021–22 ^[11]	Wild by John Legend & Gary Clark Jr. choreo. by Benoît Richaud	Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Ballad of a Thin Man by Bob Dylan performed by Richard Hawley I'm a Man by Bo Diddley performed by Black Strobe choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2020–21 ^[12]	Impossible written by Arnthor Birgisson, Ina Wroldsen performed by James Arthur choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2019–20 ^[13]	Unholy War by Jacob Banks choreo. by Benoît Richaud	Assassin's Tango (from Mr. & Mrs. Smith) by John Powell Tango Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla Adiós Nonino by Astor Piazzolla choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2018–19 ^[1]	Writing's on the Wall (from Spectre) by Sam Smith choreo. by Benoît Richaud	The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Benoît Richaud

Competitive highlights

GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
WD – Withdrew from competition

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

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

Results in the 2018–19 season ^[14]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Jan 8–13, 2019	2019 Mentor Toruń Cup	2	68.19	1	130.77	2	198.96
Feb 7–10, 2019	2019 Dragon Trophy	5	64.55	2	126.66	4	191.21

Results in the 2019–20 season ^[14]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 24–27, 2019	2019 Golden Bear of Zagreb	5	62.65	8	110.35	7	173.00
Nov 14–17, 2019	2019 CS Warsaw Cup	3	70.14	4	132.82	4	202.96
Dec 4–7, 2019	2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	9	72.06	12	129.41	11	201.47
Jan 20–26, 2020	2020 European Championships	10	76.91	12	141.09	13	218.00

Results in the 2020–21 season ^[14]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 23–26, 2020	2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	2	79.13	2	152.52	2	231.65
Dec 12–13, 2020	2021 Italian Championships	2	87.85	3	145.64	3	233.49
Feb 25–28, 2021	2021 International Challenge Cup	2	81.04	4	148.07	4	229.11
Apr 29 – May 2, 2021	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
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 22–25, 2021	2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	4	83.11	6	146.28	4	229.39
Oct 7–10, 2021	2021 CS Finlandia Trophy	7	73.37	12	135.88	10	209.25
Nov 5–7, 2021	2021 Gran Premio d'Italia	12	55.09	11	112.51	11	167.60
Nov 19–21, 2021	2021 Internationaux de France	11	66.33	12	117.94	12	184.27
Dec 4–5, 2021	2021 Italian Championships	3	73.19	3	143.50	3	216.69
Jan 10–16, 2022	2022 European Championships	9	81.79	10	157.16	9	238.95
Feb 5–6, 2022	2022 Merano Cup	2	74.65	1	150.46	1	225.11
Feb 26–27, 2022	2022 Bellu Memorial	1	88.99	2	140.61	2	229.60
Apr 7–10, 2022	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
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2022	2022 CS Nepela Memorial	1	87.39	1	157.18	1	244.57
Oct 14–16, 2022	2022 CS Budapest Trophy	7	70.79	3	160.20	4	230.99
Nov 18–20, 2022	2022 NHK Trophy	10	68.78	9	143.53	9	212.31
Dec 15–18, 2022	2023 Italian Championships	4	75.79	3	156.91	3	232.70
Jan 25–29, 2023	2023 European Championships	7	77.35	12	134.27	10	211.62
Feb 23–26, 2023	2023 International Challenge Cup	17	48.68	–	–	–	WD
Apr 13–16, 2023	2023 Triglav Trophy	3	70.11	3	147.71	3	217.82

Results in the 2023–24 season ^[14]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 28–30, 2023	2023 CS Nepela Memorial	6	79.04	1	164.87	1	243.91
Oct 13–15, 2023	2023 CS Budapest Trophy	11	63.95	11	123.60	10	187.55
Oct 27-29, 2023	2023 Tirnavia Ice Cup	2	72.66	2	139.01	1	211.67
Nov 10–12, 2023	2023 Cup of China	5	85.19	6	166.40	5	251.59
Nov 24–26, 2023	2023 NHK Trophy	8	78.20	6	148.95	6	227.15
Dec 22–23, 2023	2024 Italian Championships	1	91.04	2	148.74	2	239.78
Jan 8–14, 2024	2024 European Championships	4	83.51	4	162.58	4	246.09
Feb 23-25, 2024	2024 Merano Ice Trophy	2	82.41	1	133.77	1	216.18
Mar 18–24, 2024	2024 World Championships	13	82.63	17	148.75	16	231.38

Results in the 2024–25 season ^[14]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 19–21, 2024	2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	2	79.18	2	166.93	2	246.11
Oct 25–27, 2024	2024 Skate Canada International	10	76.18	5	146.39	6	222.57
Nov 8–10, 2024	2024 NHK Trophy	8	81.33	9	142.49	10	223.82
Nov 20–24, 2024	2024 CS Warsaw Cup	2	78.47	2	141.47	2	219.94

Junior level

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

References

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^ Golinsky, Reut. "Lorenzo Magri: "I'm living my dream"". Absolute Skating. Absolute Skating. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
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^ Slater, Paula (November 11, 2023). "Siao Him Fa surprises; takes Cup of China gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
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^ Slater, Paula (January 12, 2024). "Adam Siao Him Fa defends European title". Golden Skate. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
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^ "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022.
^ "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021.
^ "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020.
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External links

Gabriele Frangipani at the International Skating Union
Gabriele Frangipani at SkatingScores

[ISU-1819-1] "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.

[ISU-GF-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Competition Results: Gabriele FRANGIPANI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.

[AbSk22-3] Golinsky, Reut. "Lorenzo Magri: "I'm living my dream"". Absolute Skating. Absolute Skating. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[FISG230930-4] "Figura, ISU Challenger Series: Gabriele Frangipani vince l'Ondrej Nepela Memorial per il secondo anno consecutivo!" [ISU Challenger Series: Gabriele Frangipani wins the Ondrej Nepela Memorial for the second consecutive year!]. Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio. September 30, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

[GS231111-5] Slater, Paula (November 11, 2023). "Siao Him Fa surprises; takes Cup of China gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 16, 2023.

[GS231126-6] Slater, Paula (November 26, 2023). "Yuma Kagiyama reclaims NHK Trophy title". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

[GS240112-7] Slater, Paula (January 12, 2024). "Adam Siao Him Fa defends European title". Golden Skate. Retrieved January 22, 2024.

[ISU-2425-8] "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024.

[ISU-2324-9] "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023.

[ISU-2223-10] "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022.

[ISU-2122-11] "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021.

[ISU-2021-12] "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020.

[ISU-1920-13] "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019.

[SS-GF-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Gabriele Frangipani". SkatingScores.com.

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