Stéphane Brosse (20 October 197117 June 2012) was a French

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Biography

Brosse was born in

Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Savoie Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin () is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It lies on the right bank of the Guiers, opposite Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin in Isère. Merchant, financier and politician Em ...

.''Stéphane Brosse'' i
''Le ski-alpinisme''
/ref> 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 Pierre Gignoux (born May 19, 1967) is a French ski mountaineer. Gignoux was born in Grenoble and competed first in the Trans Mont Blanc race in 1994. Since 1995 he has been member of the French national team. Together with Stéphane Brosse he ...

he set the record and continued to hold it for the

Mont Blanc Mont Blanc (french: Mont Blanc ; it, Monte Bianco , both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, rising above sea level. It is the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, after Mount Elbrus, and i ...

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

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in the

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when a

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collapsed under him, resulting in him falling between 600Stéphane Brosse emporté
, SkiChrono, June 17, 2012. and 700
, blick.ch, 17 June 2012. metres. He was accompanied by

Kílian Jornet Burgada Kílian Jornet (; born 27 October 1987) is a Spanish professional sky runner, trail runner, ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. He is a six-time champion of the long-distance running Skyrunner World Series and has won some of the most ...

, Sébastien Montaz-Rosset and Bastien Fleury. Brosse lived in

Annecy Annecy ( , ; frp, Èneci or ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed ...

. 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 ** 6th, European Championship team race (together with Patrice Bret) * 2000: ** 3rd, French national ranking * 2001: ** 1st, European Championship team race (together with

) ** 1st,

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(European Cup, together with Pierre Gignoux) ** 2nd, French national ranking''C.N.S.A. 2001 - catégorie homme''
* 2002: ** 1st,

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single race ** 1st,

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(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)
** 2nd, European Championship single race ** 2nd, European Championship combination ranking ** 4th, European Championship team race together with Gignoux * 2004: ** 1st,

relay race together with

Cédric Tomio Cédric Tomio (born 1969) is a French ski mountaineer. Selected results * 1992: ** 1st, European Cup (together with Thierry Bochet)''Cédric Tomio'' i''Le ski-alpinisme''/ref> ** 1st, French Championship * 1994: ** 2nd, French Championship * 1 ...

Florent Perrier Florent Perrier (born 26 June 1973) is a French ski mountaineer. Perrier was born in Arêches, where he is member of the ''Club Multisports Arêches-Beaufort''. In 2004, he joined the French national selection. In 2008, he was president of the ...

and

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** 1st, Transcavallo race together with Gignoux * 2005: ** 2nd, World Cup single race,

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** 3rd, World Cup team race together with Patrick Blanc * 2006: ** 1st,

team race together with Patrick Blanc ** 2nd, World Championship relay race together with Gachet,

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 Fabio Meraldi (born 5 August 1965) is an Italian ski mountaineer, mountain guide and mountain runner. Meraldi was born in Valtellina. He passed the mountain guide training at the age of 20, and participated in various mountain tours, sky running a ...

* 2003: 2nd, together with Jean Pellissier and Pierre Gignoux * 2005: 1st, together with Patrick Blanc and

Guido Giacomelli Guido Giacomelli (born September 5, 1980) is an Italian ski mountaineer. Giacomelli was born in Sondalo. He started ski mountaineering in 1995 and competed first in the Pierra Menta race in 1998. He has been member of the national team since 20 ...

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

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