Massimiliano Blardone

Massimiliano Blardone

— Alpine skier —
210px Blardone in February 2011
Disciplines	Giant Slalom
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Born	(1979-11-26) 26 November 1979 Domodossola, Piedmont, Italy
Height
World Cup debut	29 October, 2000 (age 20)
Website	maxblardone.it
Olympics
Teams	3 - (2002, 2006, 2010)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	7 - (2001–13)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	15th - (2001–15)
Wins	7 - (7 GS)
Podiums	24 - (24 GS)
Overall titles	0 - (17th in 2006)
Discipline titles	0 - (2nd in GS: 2006, '07 )
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing Italy Junior World Ski Championships 1999 Pra Loup Giant Slalom 1999 Pra Loup Combined

Massimiliano "Max" Blardone (born 26 November 1979) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He specializes in the discipline of giant slalom.

Born in Domodossola in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, Blardone made his World Cup debut at Sölden, Austria, on 29 October, 2000. He made his first World Cup podium in 2004 and his first victory came in 2005. Blardone has won seven World Cup races and attained 24 podiums, all in giant slalom. He finished second in the giant slalom season standings in 2006 and 2007, and third in 2004.

Blardone has represented Italy in three Olympics and six world championships.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	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	–	–	–

Race podiums

• 7 wins – (7 GS)
• 24 podiums – (24 GS)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2004	3 Jan 2004	Flachau, Austria	Giant Slalom	2nd
	7 Feb 2004	Adelboden, Switzerland	Giant Slalom	2nd
2005	24 Oct 2004	Sölden, Austria	Giant Slalom	2nd
	5 Jan 2005	Adelboden, Switzerland	Giant Slalom	1st
2006	18 Dec 2005	Alta Badia, Italy	Giant Slalom	1st
	21 Dec 2005	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant Slalom	2nd
	4 Mar 2006	Yongpyong, South Korea	Giant Slalom	2nd
	17 Mar 2006	Åre, Sweden	Giant Slalom	2nd
2007	2 Dec 2006	Beaver Creek, US	Giant Slalom	1st
	6 Jan 2007	Adelboden, Switzerland	Giant Slalom	2nd
	3 Mar 2007	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant Slalom	3rd
	17 Mar 2007	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Giant Slalom	2nd
2008	8 Dec 2007	Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria	Giant Slalom	1st
	8 Mar 2008	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant Slalom	3rd
2009	13 Dec 2008	Val d'Isère, France	Giant Slalom	2nd
	10 Jan 2009	Adelboden, Switzerland	Giant Slalom	2nd
	28 Feb 2009	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant Slalom	3rd
2010	13 Dec 2009	Val d'Isère, France	Giant Slalom	2nd
	20 Dec 2009	Alta Badia, Italy	Giant Slalom	1st
2011	11 Dec 2010	Val d'Isère, France	Giant Slalom	3rd
2012	18 Dec 2011	Alta Badia, Italy	Giant Slalom	1st
	7 Jan 2012	Adelboden, Switzerland	Giant Slalom	3rd
	18 Feb 2012	Bansko, Bulgaria	Giant Slalom	2nd
	26 Feb 2012	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Giant Slalom	1st

External links

• Massimiliano Blardone at the International Ski Federation
• FIS-ski.com – Marcel Hirscher – World Cup season standings
• Ski-db – results – Massimiliano Blardone
• Sports Reference.com – Olympic results – Massimiliano Blardone
• maxblardone.it – personal site
• Italian Winter Sports Federation – (FISI) – alpine skiing – Massimiliano Blardone – (Italian)