Stéphane Brosse Explained

Stéphane Brosse
Birth Date:	20 October 1971
Birth Place:	Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Savoie, France
Death Place:	Aiguille d'Argentière, France

Stéphane Brosse (20 October 197117 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. Brosse lived in Annecy. 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^[8]
  • 6th, European Championship team race (together with Patrice Bret)
• 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

See 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

See main article: 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

See main article: 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

Notes and References

1. https://archive.today/20120903185151/http://www.milletusa.com/team/stephane-brosse.html Stéphane Brosse
2. Stéphane Brosse in Le ski-alpinisme
3. Web site: Mont Blanc: la course contre le record. volopress.net. Shahshahani Volodia. 31 May 2003. 26 December 2012. fr.
4. http://www.ffme.fr/ski-montagne/actualite/2003/06mont-blanc.htm Record à ski sur le parcours mythique de Chamonix-Mont Blanc-Chamonix
5. http://www.ffcam.fr/index.php?oidit=T003:483od91d5fkb&insidefile=ffcam_actuDetail.html&moid=4&oid=T005:4aex9qyrq7fs&tplentry=br&function=display Newsreport in the Club alpin français website
6. http://www.ledauphine.com/skichrono/2012/06/17/stephane-brosse Stéphane Brosse emporté
7. http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/westschweiz/skibergsteiger-stephane-brosse-stirbt-im-wallis-id1927502.html Skibergsteiger Stéphane Brosse stirbt im Wallis
8. http://www.ffme.fr/ski-alpinisme/classement/cnsa/1999/cn1999_t2.htm C.N.S.A. 1999 - Top 25 homme
9. http://www.ffme.fr/ski-alpinisme/classement/cnsa/2000/homme100.pdf C.N.S.A. 2000 - catégorie homme
10. http://www.ffme.fr/ski-alpinisme/actualite/2001/02gastlosen.htm Coupe d'Europe 2001 de Ski-alpinisme
11. http://www.ffme.fr/ski-alpinisme/classement/cnsa/2001/homme100.pdf C.N.S.A. 2001 - catégorie homme
12. http://www.newspower.it/comunicati/TourDuRutor/AlbodoroTourduRutor.rtf Tour du Rutor
13. http://www.cimadastaskialp.it/ita/Albo.htm Albo d'oro - Roll of Honour