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==