{{short description|Italian alpine skiing commentator}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Davide Labate | image = Davide Labate.jpeg | caption = Labate in 2021. | birthname = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|18 September 1972}}<ref name=ALBO>{{cite web|url=https://www.odg.it/elenco-iscritti|title=Ordine dei giornalisti – Elenco iscritti|publisher=odg.it|language=it|quote=LABATE DAVIDE 18/09/1972 (data nascita) 02/02/1993 (data iscrizione)LAZIO PROFESSIONISTA|access-date=17 August 2021|archive-date=10 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510122633/https://www.odg.it/elenco-iscritti|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_place = Messina, Italy<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stampalibera.it/2017/05/05/ecco-quasi-tutti-i-giornalisti-messinesi-che-hanno-avuto-successo-in-italia-e-nel-mondo/|title=Ecco (quasi) tutti i giornalisti messinesi che hanno avuto successo in Italia e nel mondo|publisher=stampalibera.it|language=it|date=5 May 2017|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Journalist<br>Alpine skiing commentator | years_active = 1993–present<ref name=ALBO/> | citizenship = Italian | alias = | title = | family = | spouse = | domesticpartner = | children = | relatives = | television = Rai Sport | employer = | parents = | URL = }} '''Davide Labate''' (born 18 April 1972) is an Italian journalist from 1993<ref name=ALBO/> and alpine skiing commentator, broadcasting for Rai Sport from 2009.<ref name=SKIING>{{cite web|url=https://www.sciaremag.it/notiziesci/telecronisti-o-indovini/|title=Telecronisti o indovini?|quote=La cronaca, al maschile, è affidata ormai da 9 anni, a Davide Labate che ha come spalla tecnica il navigato Paolo De Chiesa|publisher=sciaremag.it|language=it|date=5 May 2017|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
==Biography== A native of Messina, in the summer he returns to his Torre Faro, a seaside village near the Ganzirri Lake. In 2013 some members of the Italian national ski team, in Sicily for a dry training period in the summer, were guests at his home, among these Manfred Moelgg, Florian Eisath, Roberto Nani, Luca De Aliprandini, Dominik Paris, Werner Heel, Silvano Varettoni and Mattia Casse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://raceskimagazine.it/notte-siciliana/|title=Notte siciliana|quote=La giornata siciliana intanto si è conclusa con la cena ‘tipica’ a casa di Davide Labate, telecronista Rai. Tutti presenti gli otto azzurri giunti a Messina per lo stage ‘a secco’: Manfred Moelgg, Florian Eisath, Roberto Nani, Luca De Aliprandini, Dominik Paris, Werner Heel, Silvano Varettoni e Mattia Casse.|publisher=raceskimagazine.it|language=it|date=21 May 2013|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
==Career== Voice RAI of the men's Alpine Ski World Cup, from the 2009–2010 season, up to the 2018–2019 season, he was joined by the former ''valanga azzurra'' skier Paolo De Chiesa.<ref name=SKIING/> Starting from the 2019–2020 season, De Chiesa has been replaced by the former skier Max Blardone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://simonesalvador.it/opinioni/bulbarelli-colpisce-ancora-max-blardone-sostituisce-paolo-de-chiesa-nello-sci-alpino|title=Rai Sport|quote=Max Blardone sostituisce Paolo De Chiesa nello Sci Alpino|publisher=simonesalvador.it|language=it|date=24 October 2019|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.calciorai.com/player/davide-labate/ Davide Labate] at Calcio RAI
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