Stéphane Brosse
Stéphane Brosse (October 20, 1971 – June 17, 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 May 30, 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 June 17, 2012 while crossing the Aiguille d'Argentière in 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]
- 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
- 2005:
- 2nd, World Cup single race, Salt Lake City
- 3rd, World Cup team race together with Patrick Blanc
Pierra Menta
Main article:
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
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
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