title: Stéphane Brosse
text: # 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
  