Stéphane Brosse (20 October 197117 June 2012) was a French ski mountaineer., website of his sponsor
Biography Brosse was born in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Savoie.Stéphane Brosse in Le ski-alpinisme 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.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 Aiguille d'Argentière 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 700Skibergsteiger Stéphane Brosse stirbt im Wallis , blick.ch, 17 June 2012. 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 rankingC.N.S.A. 1999 - Top 25 homme 6th, European Championship team race (together with Patrice Bret) 2000: 3rd, French national rankingC.N.S.A. 2000 - catégorie homme 2001: 1st, European Championship team race (together with Pierre Gignoux) 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen (European Cup, together with Pierre Gignoux)Coupe d'Europe 2001 de Ski-alpinisme 2nd, French national rankingC.N.S.A. 2001 - catégorie homme 2002: 1st, World Championship 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)Albo d'oro - Roll of Honour 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
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