Raphaël Piolanti (born 14 November 1967 in Metz) is a retired male hammer thrower from France. His personal best throw is 79.68 metres, achieved in September 1992 in Bourgoin-Jallieu. This was a French record at that time.
In November 1993 he was found guilty of sexual assault on fellow athletes Catherine Moyon de Baecque and Michelle Rouveyrol. He allegedly raped them during an athletics camp in August 1991.
Piolanti is now president and coach in Athletic Club Amneville – the athletic club he has been in his entire career. He has trained several high calibre throwers at the club including Jerome Bortoluzzi, Maxime Maier, Quentin Bigot, and Bruno Boccalate.
In July 2014 he was accused of supporting the doping of athletes, including Quentin Bigot.
In 2018, a French court issued a lifetime ban from competitive athletics to Piolanti for the possession and administration of prohibited substances. The court also sentenced him to one-year suspended prison term.
Achievements Representing 1985European Junior ChampionshipsCottbus, East Germany9th60.90 m1986World Junior ChampionshipsAthens, Greece4th68.26 m1989Jeux de la FrancophonieCasablanca, Morocco 1st73.16 m1990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia14th72.50 m1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan 8th73.64 mMediterranean GamesAthens, Greece 1st75.10 m1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain16th73.22 m1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany10th75.88 m 1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden9th75.98 m1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States11th75.24 m1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 11th74.08 m Mediterranean GamesBari, Italy 2nd77.20 m1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain22nd74.23 m 2001Mediterranean GamesRadès, Tunisia 3rd71.52 mJeux de la FrancophonieOttawa-Hull, Canada 3rd72.71 m
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