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) SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace 2004 3 Jan 2004 Flachau, Austria Giant slalom2nd7 Feb 2004 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom 2nd 2005 24 Oct 2004 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom2nd5 Jan 2005 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom1st 2006 18 Dec 2005 Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom1st21 Dec 2005 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom2nd4 Mar 2006 Yongpyong, South Korea Giant slalom2nd17 Mar 2006 Åre, Sweden Giant slalom2nd 2007 2 Dec 2006 Beaver Creek, US Giant slalom1st6 Jan 2007 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom2nd3 Mar 2007 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom3rd17 Mar 2007 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Giant slalom2nd 2008 8 Dec 2007 Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria Giant slalom1st8 Mar 2008 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom3rd 2009 13 Dec 2008 Val d'Isère, France Giant slalom2nd10 Jan 2009 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom2nd28 Feb 2009 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom3rd 2010 13 Dec 2009 Val d'Isère, France Giant slalom2nd20 Dec 2009 Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom1st 2011 11 Dec 2010 Val d'Isère, France Giant slalom3rd 2012 18 Dec 2011 Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom 1st7 Jan 2012 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom3rd18 Feb 2012 Bansko, Bulgaria Giant slalom2nd26 Feb 2012 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Giant slalom 1st 2016 13 Feb 2016 Naeba, Japan Giant slalom3rd
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 — — —
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2002 22 — 8 — — — 2006 26 — 11 29 — — 2010 30 — 11 — — —
See also Italian skiers World Cup podiums
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