Matilda Rapaport

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Matilda Rapaport
Rapaport at the 2014 Freeride World Tour in Chamonix
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born(1986-01-29)29 January 1986
Died18 July 2016(2016-07-18) (aged 30)
Santiago, Chile
OccupationSkier
Spouse
(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[edit]

Career[edit]

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

Death[edit]

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[edit]

Film[edit]

2013 Shades of Winter documentary
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[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Steep promotion

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Matilda Rapaport, Ski, Swe". Swatch Freeride World Tour. 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.