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Massimo Rinaldi (Bormio, August 30, 1965) is an Italian alpine ski coach and sports executive.

Since 2022, he has been responsible for the relationships of the FISI with international federations such as the FIS, IBU, and FIL, in the role of Head of International Relationships.

He is also the chairman of the Alpine Executive Board at the FIS.

Biography
He was born in Bormio, Lombardy, in the Valtellina region of Italy. His residence is in the Combo area at the foot of the Stelvio slope.

He had a competitive career in the Bormio Ski Club but did not achieve international success. In the 1990s, he obtained a ski instructor diploma. At the time, Aldo Anzi and Oreste Peccedi, president and technical director of the Bormio Ski Club, encouraged him to participate in the training course for alpine skiing coaches at the federal technical school.

After completing his training, he started coaching young skiers in the "cuccioli" category. From 1992 to 1995, he coached the regional team of the Central Alps committee.

In 1997, Flavio Roda promoted him to the Italian women's giant slalom World Cup team and later to the women's downhill team.

In 2005, during the Alpine Ski World Championships in Bormio and Santa Caterina, he took on the role of overall logistics manager for the World Cup teams, following a proposal by Tino Pietrogiovanna.

On April 30, 2014, he became the sports director of the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI), with responsibilities in management, technical-competitive aspects, organization, budget control, training, and media and sponsor relations.

During his tenure, the national team achieved significant improvements in sports results. Under his leadership, the team won a World Cup overall title (Federica Brignone in 2020) and 7 discipline cups (Peter Fill, downhill 2016; 2017 and 2018 combined; Sofia Goggia, downhill 2018; Dominik Paris, super-G 2019; Federica Brignone, giant slalom and combined 2020).

On December 19, 2018, the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) awarded him the Gold Palm of Technical Merit.