Raphaël Piolanti (born 14 November 1967 in Metz) is a retired male hammer thrower from France.
In November 1993 he was found guilty of sexual assault on fellow athletes Catherine Moyon de Baecque and Michelle Rouveyrol.
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.
[1] In 2018, a French court issued a lifetime ban from competitive athletics to Piolanti for the possession and administration of prohibited substances.