Massimiliano Blardone

Massimiliano "Max" Blardone (born 26 November 1979) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He specialized in the discipline of giant slalom. Since 2016 he has been a sports commentator for RAI.

Biography Born in Domodossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy, Blardone made his World Cup debut at Sölden, Austria, in October 2000. He made his first World Cup podium in 2004 and his first victory came in 2005. Blardone won seven World Cup races and attained 25 podiums, all in giant slalom. He finished second in the giant slalom season standings in 2006 and 2007, and third in 2004. Blardone represented Italy in three Olympics and six world championships.

At the end of his career as an athlete he embarked on that of sports commentator of alpine skiing in RAI, starting from the 2019-20 season he supports the commentator Davide Labate in the commentary on the men's competitions.

World Cup results Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super G Downhill Combined 2001 21 40 54 9 — — — 2002 22 44 — 12 — — — 2003 23 36 — 5 — — — 2004 24 35 — 3 — — — 2005 25 23 — 5 — — — 2006 26 17 — 2 — — — 2007 27 20 — 2 44 — 49 2008 28 35 — 6 — — — 2009 29 28 — 4 — — — 2010 30 23 — 5 — — — 2011 31 54 — 8 — — — 2012 32 26 — 3 — — — 2013 33 46 — 13 — — — 2014 34 83 — 27 — — — 2015 35 107 — 29 — — — 2016 36 58 — 16 — — —

Race podiums 7 wins – (7 GS) 25 podiums – (25 GS)

World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2001 21 DNF2 5 — — — 2003 23 — DNF1 — — — 2005 25 — 20 — — — 2007 27 — DNF1 16 — — 2009 29 — 5 — — — 2011 31 — 30 — — — 2013 33 — 11 — — —

Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2002 22 — 8 — — — 2006 26 — 11 29 — — 2010 30 — 11 — — —