Matilda Rapaport

Swedish alpine free-skier

Matilda Rapaport

Rapaport at the 2014 Freeride World Tour in Chamonix

Personal information
Nationality| Swedish
Born| (1986-01-29)29 January 1986
Died| 18 July 2016(2016-07-18) (aged 30)
Santiago, Chile
Occupation| Skier
Spouse|

Mattias Hargin

(m. 2016⁠-⁠2016)​

(her death)

Matilda Rapaport (29 January 1986 – 18 July 2016) was a Swedish alpine free-skier. She was married to Swedish alpine skier Mattias Hargin, and was the niece of Swedish actress Alexandra Rapaport.

## Early life

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## Career

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Rapaport was the winner of the Xtreme Verbier event of the Freeride World Tour in 2013.[1]

## Death

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On 14 July 2016 Rapaport was involved in an avalanche accident during the filming of a promotional video for Ubisoft's upcoming video game Steep, in Farellones, Chile. She was buried under the snow and fell into a coma.[2][3] She was brought to a hospital in Santiago de Chile where she died on 18 July 2016.[4][5][6]

## Filmography

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### Film

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2013  | Shades of Winter | documentary

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2014  | Pure | documentary
2015  | A Skier Knows - Spirit of Alaska | documentary
2015  | A Skier Knows - Entering a Skier's Mind | documentary
2016  | Between | documentary (tribute)

## Video games

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Year | Title | Role | Notes

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2016 | Steep |  | promotion

## References

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1. ^ "Matilda Rapaport, Ski, Swe". Swatch Freeride World Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
2. ^ "Svenskt skidproffs i koma efter lavinolycka". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 17 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
3. ^ "Swedish extreme skier Matilda Rapaport dies filming Ubisoft game promo in Chile". BBC News. 20 July 2016.
4. ^ "Matilda Rapaport har avlidit" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
5. ^ "Swedish skier dies in avalanche tragedy". The Local. Sweden. 18 July 2016.
6. ^ "Extreme skier Matilda Rapaport killed in avalanche in Chile". The Guardian. Reuters. 18 July 2016.

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