Matilda Rapaport (29 January 1986 – 18 July 2016) was a Swedish alpine free-skier. She was married to Swedish alpine skier

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, and was the niece of Swedish actress Alexandra Rapaport.

Early life

Career

Rapaport was the winner of the Xtreme Verbier event of the Freeride World Tour in 2013.

Death

On 14 July 2016 Rapaport was involved in an avalanche accident during the filming of a promotional video for

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's upcoming video game '' Steep'', in Farellones,

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. She was buried under the snow and fell into a coma. She was brought to a hospital in

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where she died on 18 July 2016.

Filmography

Film

Video games

References

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