Laurent Fabre (1968 - August 22, 2012) was a French

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

, high mountain guide and non-commissioned officer of the

Chasseurs Alpins The ''chasseurs alpins'' ( en, Alpine Rangers) are the elite mountain infantry force of the French Army. They are trained to operate in mountainous terrain and in urban warfare. History France created its own mountain corps in the late 19th ...

corps. He served at the 93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment and was married to the ski mountaineer

Valentine Fabre Valentine Fabre (born September 26, 1976) is a French ski mountaineer. She works as a military physician in the 93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment and is married to the ski mountaineer Laurent Fabre. Selected results * 2005: ** 2nd, French Cha ...

. He was killed in a training accident on the

Mont Blanc massif The Mont Blanc massif (french: Massif du Mont-Blanc; it, Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major indepen ...

while serving as an instructor at the

High Mountain Military School The École militaire de haute montagne (High Mountain Military School) (ÉMHM) is a training establishment of the French Army, that trains French and allied service personnel in mountain warfare, skiing, mountain leadership, and arctic warfare. H ...

Selected results

* 2000: ** 6th,

Patrouille des Glaciers The Patrouille des Glaciers (PDG) is a ski mountaineering race organised every two years by the Swiss Armed Forces, in which military and civilian teams compete. It takes place once every two years at the end of April, in the south part of the ca ...

(international military teams ranking), together with Sgt chef

Tony Sbalbi Tony Sbalbi AKA "Tony the tiger" (born 4 September 1969) is a French ski mountaineer and non-commissioned officer of the ''chasseurs alpins'' corps. Sbalbi was born in Aix-en-Provence. He attended the ''Lycée Jean Raynouard'' in Brignoles. At t ...

and Adj

Patrick Rassat Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...

* 2001: ** 6th, European Championship team race (together with Tony Sbalbi) * 2002: ** 1st, ''Corssa'' race (together with Olivier Pasteur) ** 2nd,

Trophée des Gastlosen The Trophée des Gastlosen ("trophy of the Gastlosen") is a Swiss competition of ski mountaineering, which is carried out annually in the Gastlosen, near Jaun, since 1993. The history of the Trophée des Gastlosen goes back to 1987, when Erha ...

(together with Olivier Pasteur)''Trophée des Gastlosen (FR), 17 février''
, 2002, p. 3.

Pierra Menta

* 1999: 9th, together with Tony Sbalbi * 2002: 9th, together with Olivier Pasteur * 2003: 8th, together with Gabriel Degabai

External links

Laurent Fabre
at ''skimountaineering.org''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fabre, Laurent 1968 births Living people French male ski mountaineers French military patrol (sport) runners