Gianni Zanon (born 3 March 1960 in Treviso) is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a flanker.

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Gianni Zanon

Zanon in a championship match against Petrarca, 1987
Date of birth	(1960-03-03) 3 March 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Treviso, Italy
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1980-1993 Benetton Treviso () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1981-1988  Italy 45 (36) Coaching career Years Team 1993-1997 1997-1999 2015-2010 Benetton Treviso Udine Rugby Benetton Treviso(under-20)

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Zanon started his career at Tarvisium, where he played until 1979/80. He moved then to Benetton Treviso, where he stayed from 1980/81 to 1992/93. He won three Italian Championship titles, in 1982/83, 1988/89 and 1991/92.

He had 45 caps for Italy, from 1981 to 1991, scoring 9 tries, 36 points on aggregate. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in a single game, and for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, where he was the captain, playing in two games. He never scored in either occasions.^[1]

After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He was one of the two head coaches of Benetton Rugby Treviso, with Oscar Collodo, from 1993/94 to 1996/97, winning the National Championship in 1996/97. He was the coach of Udine Rugby, from 1997/98 to 1998/99. He returned to Benetton Rugby in 2005/06, being in charge of the second team and of the U-16 and U-20 categories, until 2009/10. In 2010, he was nominated technical coordinator of the youth categories.