Giovanni Frattini (born 24 October 2002) is an Italian javelin thrower. He is a two-time Italian champion and won the silver medal at the 2025 European Throwing Cup.
Biography From Romagna, Frattini is coached by Emanuele Verni. Frattini won the under-23 javelin competition at the 2024 European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal. In June, he won the senior Italian Athletics Championships with a throw of 75.40 metres. He threw a personal best of 83.61 metres at the Italian Club Championships in Modena in September 2024, to move to second on the Italian all-time list, behind only Carlo Sonego. It was a personal best of close to six metres.
Frattini won the silver medal at the 2025 European Throwing Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus, with a throw of 82.78 metres. In August 2025, he won the Italian Athletics Championships ahead of Michele Fina with a throw of 74.85 metres. He was a finalist at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany, with a best throw of 74.97 metres.
In August 2026, he was a finalist competing at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, placing ninth overall in the javelin throw.
National titles Frattini won five national championships at individual senior level.
Italian Athletics Championships Javelin throw: 2024, 2025, 2026 Italian Winter Throwing Championships Javelin throw: 2025, 2026
See also Italian all-time lists – Javelin throw
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