Massimiliano Blardone

Massimiliano Blardone
— Alpine skier —
Blardone in February 2011
Disciplines Giant slalom
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Born (1979-11-26) 26 November 1979
Domodossola,
Piedmont, Italy
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
World Cup debut 29 October 2000 (age 20)
Retired 18 March 2016 (age 36)
Olympics
Teams 3 (2002, 2006, 2010)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 7 (2001–2013)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 16 (2001–16)
Wins 7 (7 GS)
Podiums 25 (25 GS)
Overall titles 0 (17th in 2006)
Discipline titles 0 (2nd, GS: 2006, 2007)
Medal record
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Giant 7 12 6
Total 7 12 6
Junior World Ski Championships
1999 Pra-Loup Giant Slalom
1999 Pra-Loup Combined

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. From 2016 he is a sports commentator for RAI.[1]

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.[2][3]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
20012140549———
20022244—12———
20032336—5———
20042435—3———
20052523—5———
20062617—2———
20072720—244—49
20082835—6———
20092928—4———
20103023—5———
20113154—8———
20123226—3———
20133346—13———
20143483—27———
201535107—29———
20163658—16———

Race podiums

  • 7 wins – (7 GS)
  • 25 podiums – (25 GS)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
20043 Jan 2004Flachau, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
7 Feb 2004Adelboden, SwitzerlandGiant slalom2nd
200524 Oct 2004Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
5 Jan 2005Adelboden, SwitzerlandGiant slalom1st
200618 Dec 2005Alta Badia, ItalyGiant slalom1st
21 Dec 2005Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom2nd
4 Mar 2006Yongpyong, South KoreaGiant slalom2nd
17 Mar 2006Åre, SwedenGiant slalom2nd
20072 Dec 2006Beaver Creek, USGiant slalom1st
6 Jan 2007Adelboden, SwitzerlandGiant slalom2nd
3 Mar 2007Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom3rd
17 Mar 2007Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandGiant slalom2nd
20088 Dec 2007Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaGiant slalom1st
8 Mar 2008Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom3rd
200913 Dec 2008Val d'Isère, FranceGiant slalom2nd
10 Jan 2009Adelboden, SwitzerlandGiant slalom2nd
28 Feb 2009Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom3rd
201013 Dec 2009Val d'Isère, FranceGiant slalom2nd
20 Dec 2009Alta Badia, ItalyGiant slalom1st
201111 Dec 2010Val d'Isère, FranceGiant slalom3rd
201218 Dec 2011Alta Badia, ItalyGiant slalom1st
7 Jan 2012Adelboden, SwitzerlandGiant slalom3rd
18 Feb 2012Bansko, BulgariaGiant slalom2nd
26 Feb 2012Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandGiant slalom1st
201613 Feb 2016Naeba, JapanGiant slalom3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
200121DNF25———
200323—DNF1———
200525—20———
200727—DNF116——
200929—5———
201131—30———
201333—11———

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
200222—8———
200626—1129——
201030—11———

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A NEW NORDICA AMBASSADOR JOINS OUR TEAM: IT'S MASSIMILIANO BLARDONE". nordica.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018. Max is now a studio commentator and live correspondant from the World Cup for Italian national television RAI.
  2. ↑ "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE PODIUM". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE TOP 10 POSITION". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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