| Gianni Frankis | |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Rochford, Essex, England, United Kingdom |
| Height: | 1.90 m[1] |
| Weight: | 77 kg |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 110 m hurdles |
| Club: | Essex Beagles |
| Coach: | Tony Jarrett[2] |
Gianni Frankis (born 16 April 1988) is a British-born Italian athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. 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[3] 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).
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | bgcolor=silver | 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 | |