Stéphane Brosse (20 October 197117 June 2012) was a French ski mountaineer.

Biography

Brosse was born in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Savoie.''Stéphane Brosse'' i
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/ref> 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

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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.''Record à ski sur le parcours mythique de Chamonix-Mont Blanc-Chamonix''
(franz.), Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade (FFME), 2007. Since 2003 he and Lionel Bonnel had also held the Chamonix-Zermatt Haute Route record with 21h 11'. Stéphane Brosse died on 17 June 2012 while crossing the

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in the Mont Blanc massif when a snow cornice collapsed under him, resulting in him falling between 600Stéphane Brosse emporté
, SkiChrono, June 17, 2012. and 700
, blick.ch, 17 June 2012. metres. He was accompanied by Kílian Jornet Burgada, Sébastien Montaz-Rosset and Bastien Fleury. Brosse lived in

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. He was 40.

Selected results

* 1997: ** 5th, French Championship ** 5th, French Cup * 1998: ** 3rd, French Cup ** 4th, European Cup * 1999: ** 1st, French Championship team (together with Patrice Bret) ** 3rd, French national ranking ** 6th, European Championship team race (together with Patrice Bret) * 2000: ** 3rd, French national ranking * 2001: ** 1st, European Championship team race (together with Pierre Gignoux) ** 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen (European Cup, together with Pierre Gignoux) ** 2nd, French national ranking''C.N.S.A. 2001 - catégorie homme''
* 2002: ** 1st,

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single race ** 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Pierre Gignoux)''Tour du Rutor''
** 2nd, World Championship combination ranking ** 5th, World Championship team race together with Pierre Gignoux * 2003: ** 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Pierre Gignoux)
** 2nd, European Championship single race ** 2nd, European Championship combination ranking ** 4th, European Championship team race together with Gignoux * 2004: ** 1st,

relay race together with Cédric Tomio, Florent Perrier and Patrick Blanc ** 1st, Transcavallo race together with Gignoux * 2005: ** 2nd, World Cup single race,

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** 3rd, World Cup team race together with Patrick Blanc * 2006: ** 1st,

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brosse, Stephane French male ski mountaineers World ski mountaineering champions 1971 births 2012 deaths Skiers from Savoie Sport deaths in France Mountaineering deaths Deaths on Mont Blanc 20th-century French sportsmen