Stéphane Brosse
# Stéphane Brosse

Stéphane Brosse (20 October 1971 – 17 June 2012) was a French ski mountaineer.

## Biography

Brosse was born in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Savoie. 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. 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 600 and 700 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
   * 6th, European Championship team race (together with Patrice Bret)
* 2000:
   * 3rd, French national ranking
* 2001:
   * 1st, European Championship team race (together with Pierre Gignoux)
   * 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen (European Cup, together with Pierre Gignoux)
   * 2nd, French national ranking
* 2002:
   * 1st, World Championship single race
   * 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Pierre Gignoux)
   * 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, 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
