Dennis Brunod (born 16 June 1978 in

Aosta Aosta ( , , ; ; , or ; or ) is the principal city of the Aosta Valley, a bilingual Regions of Italy, region in the Italy, Italian Alps, north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel and the G ...

) is an Italian

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipment ...

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

and skyrunner.

Life

Born in Aosta but living in Châtillon, Brunod added ski mountaineering to his favorite sports in 2000, when he first competed in the Mountain Attack race in Saalbach. He was member of the Italian national team after 2002.

Selected results

Ski mountaineering

* 2002: ** 1st, Italian Cup team (together with

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)''Albo d'oro Coppa Italia ''
** 1st,

Tour du Rutor Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...

(together with Manfred Reichegger)''Tour du Rutor''
newspower.it ** 2nd, Transcavallo (together with Manfred Reichegger) * 2003: ** 1st, Italian Cup team (together with Manfred Reichegger) ** 2nd,

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

team race (together with Manfred Reichegger) ** 4th, European Championship combination ranking ** 6th, European Championship single race * 2004: ** 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Manfred Reichegger)''Albo d'oro - Roll of Honour''
cimadastaskialp.it ** 2nd, Transcavallo (together with Manfred Reichegger) ** 3rd,

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single race ** 3rd, World Championship team race (together with Manfred Reichegger) ** 3rd, World Championship combination ranking *2005: ** 1st,

relay race (together with

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, Manfred Reichegger and

Matteo Pedergnana Matteo Pedergnana (born 14 August 1980) from Valfurva is an Italian ski mountaineer. He is member of the ''Sci Club Alta Valtellina'' as well as member of the national team. Selected results Pedergnana placed third in the 2002 World Championsh ...

) ** 1st, Italian Cup team (together with Manfred Reichegger) ** 5th, World Cup team (together with Manfred Reichegger) ** 6th, European Championship vertical race * 2006: ** 1st,

relay race (together with Hansjörg Lunger, Manfred Reichegger, and Guido Giacomelli) ** 1st, World Cup team (together with Manfred Reichegger) ** 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Manfred Reichegger) ** 3rd, World Championship team race (together with Manfred Reichegger) * 2007: ** 1st, World Cup single ** 1st, World Cup team (together with Federico Pedranzini) ** 1st,

relay race (together with Denis Trento, Manfred Reichegger and Guido Giacomelli) ** 1st, Traça Catalana race ** 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Manfred Reichegger) ** 2nd, European Championship single race ** 3rd, European Championship combination ranking ** 4th, European Championship team race (together with Manfred Reichegger) * 2008: ** 1st,

relay race (together with Manfred Reichegger, Denis Trento and Martin Riz) ** 1st, World Cup,

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** 2nd, World Championship vertical race ** 2nd, World Championship combination ranking ** 3rd, World Championship single race * 2009: ** 1st,

relay race (together with Lorenzo Holzknecht, Manfred Reichegger and Damiano Lenzi) ** 3rd, European Championship team race (together with Manfred Reichegger) * 2010 ** 1st,

relay race (together with Damiano Lenzi, Lorenzo Holzknecht and Manfred Reichegger) ** 2nd, World Championship vertical race ** 6th, World Championship team race (together with Manfred Reichegger) ** 8th, World Championship combination rankingISMF World championship combined ranking - men
, ISMF, ismf-ski.org. ** 2nd,

Trophée des Gastlosen The Trophée des Gastlosen ("trophy of the Gastlosen") is a Swiss competition of ski mountaineering, which is carried out annually in the Gastlosen, near Jaun Jaun (; ; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Gru ...

(ISMF World Cup), together with Manfred Reichegger2010 Trophée des Gastlosen
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Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2001: 5th, together with Nicola Invernizzi and Emanuel Conta * 2003: 3rd, together with Manfred Reichegger and Nicola Invernizzi * 2005: 3rd, together with Manfred Reichegger and Jean Pellissier * 2007: 3rd, together with Manfred Reichegger and Denis Trento

Pierra Menta

* 2004: 1st, together with Manfred Reichegger * 2009: 1st, together with Manfred Reichegger * 2010: 3rd, together with Manfred Reichegger

Mountain running / skyrunning

Brunod won the Mezzalama Skyrace in 2004, and from 2006 to 2008. * 2001: 3rd, Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon * 2002: 1st, Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon * 2004: 1st, Valposchiavo-Valmalenco-Skyrunning (

Skyrunner World Series The Skyrunner World Series is an annual international championship of skyrunning (high altitude endurance races) and the official International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) race circuit for mountain running. Each year the Skyrunner World Series pr ...

race) * 2005: 1st, Sentiero delle Grigne-Skyrunning (SkyRunner World Series race)

References

External links

Dennis Brunod
at ''Skimountaineering.org'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brunod, Dennis 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Aosta Skiers from Aosta Valley Italian male ski mountaineers World ski mountaineering champions Ski mountaineers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito Italian male mountain runners Italian sky runners