Raphaël Piolanti (born 14 November 1967 in

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) is a retired male

hammer throw The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ...

er from

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. His personal best throw is 79.68 metres, achieved in September 1992 in

Bourgoin-Jallieu Bourgoin-Jallieu (; ) is a commune in the Isère department in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France. The city had 28,834 inhabitants in 2019 and lies 35 kilometres east-southeast of Lyon. It was formed by the merger of the former comm ...

. 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 Quentin Bigot (born 1 December 1992) is a French athlete specialising in the hammer throw. He won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. In July 2014 he was suspended for 4 years (2 on probation) for doping. On 22 May 2021, he did h ...

, and Bruno Boccalate. In July 2014 he was accused of supporting the doping of athletes, including

. 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.

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* 1967 births Living people French male hammer throwers French sportspeople of Italian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France Sportspeople from Metz Athletes from Moselle (department) Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games French Athletics Championships winners Doping cases in athletics 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-hammer-bio-stub