Massimiliano "Max" Blardone (born 26 November 1979) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy.

[1] Born in Domodossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy, Blardone made his World Cup debut at Sölden, Austria, in October 2000.

Blardone won seven World Cup races and attained 25 podiums, all in giant slalom.

Blardone represented Italy in three Olympics and six world championships.

[2][3] 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.