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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
== Race podiums
=7 wins – (7 GS)
25 podiums – (25 GS)
World Championship results
Olympic results
See also
Italian skiers World Cup podiums
References
External links
Massimiliano Blardone at FIS (alpine)
Massimiliano Blardone at Olympics.com
Massimiliano Blardone at Olympedia