William Frullani (born 21 September 1979 in

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) is a

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and

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competitor from

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Biography

Frullani won two medals, one of these at senior level, at the

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. He set his personal best score (7984 points) in the men's decathlon at the

2002 Hypo-Meeting The 28th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on June 1 and June 2, 2002 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2002 IAAF World Combined Events Chal ...

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. In 2009 he finished 6th at the European Indoor Championships in Turin in the

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with a national record of 5972 points. He was married to his

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fellow, the Ukrainian heptathlete Hanna Melnychenko.

Achievements

National titles

He has won 5 times the individual

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. *4 wins in the

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(2001, 2006, 2010, 2012) *1 win in the

indoor (2009)

Bobsleigh

Frullani switched to bobsleigh in 2012. He tested positive for

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at the

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and was excluded from the Italian team. He was replaced by Samuele Romanini.

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