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 Representing  France Ski mountaineering 2001 European Championship Team 2002 World Championship Single 2004 World Championship Relay 2006 World Championship Team 2003 European Championship Single 2006 World Championship Relay

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 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]
• 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

1. Stéphane Brosse, website of his sponsor
2. 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.
4. Record à ski sur le parcours mythique de Chamonix-Mont Blanc-Chamonix (franz.), Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade (FFME), 2007.
5. Newsreport in the Club alpin français website
6. Stéphane Brosse emporté (French), SkiChrono, June 17, 2012.
7. Skibergsteiger Stéphane Brosse stirbt im Wallis (German), blick.ch, 17 June 2012.
8. C.N.S.A. 1999 - Top 25 homme
9. C.N.S.A. 2000 - catégorie homme
10. Coupe d'Europe 2001 de Ski-alpinisme
11. C.N.S.A. 2001 - catégorie homme
12. Tour du Rutor
13. Albo d'oro - Roll of Honour