Gabriele Frangipani

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

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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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Frangipani started the season by winning the silver medal at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. He said he had worked “hard as ever before in his life” going into this season.^[8] He went 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]

Following a silver medal win at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup, Frangipani won the bronze medal at the 2025 Italian Championships. He then finished up the season by winning the 2025 Bavarian Open and finishing sixth at the 2025 Sonja Henie Trophy.^[2]

Frangipani began the season with a ninth-place finish at the 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. He then went on to compete on the Grand Prix series, finishing twelfth at the 2025 Grand Prix de France and eleventh at the 2025 NHK Trophy.^[2] He went on to compete at the 2025 CS Warsaw Cup but withdrew from the event following the short program due to a back injury.^[9] He subsequently withdrew from the 2026 Italian Championships as well.^[10]

In March, Frangipani completed his season at the 2026 World Championships. He placed seventeenth in the short program and twenty-second in the free skate, finishing twenty-third overall. He set season's best scores in both the short program and the overall score.^[11]

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2025–26 [12]	People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul I Got You (I Feel Good) by James Brown choreo. by Benoît Richaud	The Godfather The Godfather Walz The Immigrant Speak Softly Love Tarantella by Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola, & City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2024–25 [13]	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 [14]	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 [15]	Heart Upon My Sleeve by Avicii and Imagine Dragons choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2021–22 [16]	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 [17]	Impossible written by Arnthor Birgisson, Ina Wroldsen performed by James Arthur choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2019–20 [18]	Unholy War by Jacob Banks choreo. by Benoît Richaud	Assassin's Tango (from Mr. & Mrs. Smith) by John Powell Tango Oblivion 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

Competition placements at senior level ^[19]

Season	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023-24	2024-25	2025–26
World Championships						16th		23rd
European Championships		13th		9th	10th	4th
Italian Championships			3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd
GP Cup of China						5th
GP France				12th				12th
GP Italy				11th
GP NHK Trophy					9th	6th	10th	11th
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	9th
CS Nepela Memorial					1st	1st
CS Warsaw Cup		4th					2nd	WD
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 Ice Trophy				1st		3rd		5th
Sonja Henie Trophy							6th
Tirnavia Ice Cup						1st
Triglav Trophy					3rd

Competition placements at junior level ^[19]

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