Stéphane Brosse

Stéphane Brosse
Stéphane Brosse
Born	20 October 1971; Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Savoie, France
Died	17 June 2012 (aged 40); Aiguille d'Argentière, France
Medal record
Men's ski mountaineering
Representing France
World Championships
European Championships

Stéphane Brosse (20 October 1971 – 17 June 2012) was a French

ski mountaineer.^[1]

Biography

Brosse was born in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Savoie.^[2] He started ski mountaineering in 1990 and competed the first time at the Miage Contamines Somfy race in 1995. In 1996 he became a member of the national team. Together with Pierre Gignoux he set the record and continued to hold it for the Mont Blanc course from 30 May 2003. The duo needed a total time of 5h 15' 47" for the total course, thereof about 4 hours and seven minutes for climbing up, and about one hour and seven minutes for the downhill race.^[3]^[4] Since 2003 he and Lionel Bonnel had also held the Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route record with 21h 11'.^[5]

Stéphane Brosse died on 17 June 2012 while crossing the

Mont Blanc massif when a snow cornice collapsed under him, resulting in him falling between 600^[6] and 700^[7] metres. He was accompanied by Kílian Jornet Burgada, Sébastien Montaz-Rosset and Bastien Fleury.^[7] Brosse lived in Annecy

. He was 40.

Selected results

1997:
- 5th, French Championship [2]
- 5th, French Cup^[2]
1998:
- 3rd, French Cup^[2]
- 4th, European Cup^[2]
1999:
- 1st, French Championship team (together with Patrice Bret)^[2]
- 3rd, French national ranking^[8]
- 6th, European Championship team race (together with Patrice Bret)^[2]
2000:
- 3rd, French national ranking^[9]
2001:
- 1st, European Championship team race (together with Pierre Gignoux)
- 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen (European Cup, together with Pierre Gignoux)^[10]
- 2nd, French national ranking^[11]
2002:
- 1st, World Championship single race
- 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Pierre Gignoux)^[12]
- 2nd, World Championship combination ranking
- 5th, World Championship team race together with Pierre Gignoux
2003:
- 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Pierre Gignoux)^[13]
- 2nd, European Championship single race
- 2nd, European Championship combination ranking
- 4th, European Championship team race together with Gignoux
2004:
- 1st, World Championship relay race together with Cédric Tomio, Florent Perrier and Patrick Blanc
- 1st, Transcavallo race together with Gignoux
2005:
- 2nd, World Cup single race, Salt Lake City
- 3rd, World Cup team race together with Patrick Blanc
2006:
- 1st, World Championship team race together with Patrick Blanc
- 2nd, World Championship relay race together with Gachet, Florent Perrier and Patrick Blanc

Pierra Menta

1997: 10th, together with Patrice Bret
1998: 7th, together with Patrice Bret
1999: 3rd, together with Patrice Bret
2000: 3rd, together with Patrice Bret
2001: 1st, together with Pierre Gignoux
2002: 2nd, together with Pierre Gignoux
2003: 2nd, together with Pierre Gignoux
2005: 1st, together with Patrick Blanc
2006: 1st, together with Patrick Blanc

Trofeo Mezzalama

2001: 2nd, together with Jean Pellissier and Fabio Meraldi
2003: 2nd, together with Jean Pellissier and Pierre Gignoux
2005: 1st, together with Patrick Blanc and Guido Giacomelli

Patrouille des Glaciers

2000: 5th (and 3rd in "seniors I" class ranking), together with Francis Bibollet and Pierre Gignoux
2004: 1st in record time, together with Jean Pellissier and Patrick Blanc
2006: 1st in record time, together with Patrick Blanc and Guido Giacomelli

References

^ Stéphane Brosse, website of his sponsor
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Stéphane Brosse in Le ski-alpinisme
^ Shahshahani Volodia (31 May 2003). "Mont Blanc: la course contre le record". volopress.net (in French). Retrieved 26 December 2012.
^ Record à ski sur le parcours mythique de Chamonix-Mont Blanc-Chamonix Archived 2007-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (franz.), Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade (FFME), 2007.
^ Newsreport in the Club alpin français website
^ Stéphane Brosse emporté (in French), SkiChrono, June 17, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Skibergsteiger Stéphane Brosse stirbt im Wallis (in German), blick.ch, 17 June 2012.
^ C.N.S.A. 1999 - Top 25 homme Archived 2006-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ C.N.S.A. 2000 - catégorie homme Archived 2006-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ Coupe d'Europe 2001 de Ski-alpinisme Archived 2007-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ C.N.S.A. 2001 - catégorie homme Archived 2006-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ Tour du Rutor Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ Albo d'oro - Roll of Honour Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Stéphane Brosse, website of his sponsor

[Le_ski-alpinisme-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Stéphane Brosse in Le ski-alpinisme

[3] Shahshahani Volodia (31 May 2003). "Mont Blanc: la course contre le record". volopress.net (in French). Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[montblanc-4] Record à ski sur le parcours mythique de Chamonix-Mont Blanc-Chamonix Archived 2007-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (franz.), Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade (FFME), 2007.

[5] Newsreport in the Club alpin français website

[Le_Dauphine-6] Stéphane Brosse emporté (in French), SkiChrono, June 17, 2012.

[Blick-7] Skibergsteiger Stéphane Brosse stirbt im Wallis (in German), blick.ch, 17 June 2012.

[8] C.N.S.A. 1999 - Top 25 homme Archived 2006-11-28 at the Wayback Machine

[9] C.N.S.A. 2000 - catégorie homme Archived 2006-11-28 at the Wayback Machine

[10] Coupe d'Europe 2001 de Ski-alpinisme Archived 2007-12-02 at the Wayback Machine

[11] C.N.S.A. 2001 - catégorie homme Archived 2006-11-28 at the Wayback Machine

[Tour_du_Rutor-12] Tour du Rutor Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

[Dolomiti_Cup-13] Albo d'oro - Roll of Honour Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

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