Stéphane Brosse

Stéphane Brosse (born October 20, 1971 in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin , Savoie ; † June 17, 2012 on the Aiguille d'Argentière ) was a French ski mountaineer and multiple title winner in this sport.

Career

He started ski mountaineering in 1990 and took part in a competition for the first time in 1995 at the Miage Contamines Somfy . Since 1996 he has been a member of the French national ski mountaineering team . In 2006 he was in the Patrouille des Glaciers in the winning team that set the course record. Together with Pierre Gignoux , who is also a member of the French national ski mountaineering team, he has held the record for the ascent including descent on Mont Blanc since May 30, 2003 with a total time of 5h 15 ′ 47 ″, including around 4 hours and 7 minutes the ascent and 1 hour and 7 minutes for the subsequent ski descent. He lived in Annecy . On June 17, 2012, he had a fatal accident while crossing the Aiguille d'Argentière when a snow plow collapsed below him and he fell 700 meters into the depth.

In addition to ski mountaineering, he went mountaineering , alpine skiing , sailing and mountain biking .

Successes (selection)

2001: 1st place at the European Ski Mountaineering Team with Pierre Gignoux
2002:
- 1st place world championship ski mountaineering single
- 2nd place world championship ski mountaineering combined ranking
- 5th place world championship ski mountaineering team with Gignoux
2003:
- 2nd place European Championship Ski Mountaineering Single
- 2nd place in the European Ski Mountaineering Championship, combined ranking
- 4th place European Championship Ski Mountaineering Team with Gignoux
2004:
- 1st place at the World Ski Mountaineering Relay
- 1st place at the Transcavallo with Gignoux
2005:
- 2nd place World Cup, Salt Lake City
- 3rd place World Cup ski mountaineering team (with P. Blanc )
2006:
- 1st place world championship ski mountaineering team with P. Blanc
- 2nd place at the world championship ski mountaineering relay (with Gachet , Perrier and P. Blanc)

Pierra Menta

1997: 10th place with Patrice Bret
1998: 7th place with Patrice Bret
1999: 3rd place with Patrice Bret
2000: 3rd place with Patrice Bret
2001: 1st place with Pierre Gignoux
2002: 2nd place with Pierre Gignoux
2003: 2nd place with Pierre Gignoux
2005: 1st place with Patrick Blanc
2006: 1st place with Patrick Blanc

Trofeo Mezzalama

2001: 2nd place with Jean Pellissier and Fabio Meraldi
2003: 2nd place with Jean Pellissier and Pierre Gignoux
2005: 1st place with Patrick Blanc and Guido Giacomelli

Patrol des Glaciers

2004: 1st place and record time with Jean Pellissier and Patrick Blanc
2006: 1st place and record time with Patrick Blanc and Guido Giacomelli

Individual evidence

↑ Record à ski sur le parcours mythique de Chamonix-Mont Blanc-Chamonix ( Memento of April 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (French), Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade (FFME), 2007.
↑ Ski mountaineer Stéphane Brosse dies in Valais , Blick.ch, June 17, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	Brosse, Stéphane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French ski mountaineer
DATE OF BIRTH	20th October 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin
DATE OF DEATH	17th June 2012
Place of death	Aiguille d'Argentière

[1] Record à ski sur le parcours mythique de Chamonix-Mont Blanc-Chamonix ( Memento of April 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (French), Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade (FFME), 2007.

[2] Ski mountaineer Stéphane Brosse dies in Valais , Blick.ch, June 17, 2012.