Matilda Rapaport

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| name = Matilda Rapaport

| image = Freeride World Tour 2014 Chamonix - Matilda Rapaport.jpg

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| caption = Rapaport at the 2014 Freeride World Tour in Chamonix

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1986|01|29|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|07|18|1986|01|29|df=y}}

| death_place = Santiago, Chile

| nationality = Swedish

| spouse = {{marriage |Mattias Hargin |2016|2016}} (her death)

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| occupation = Skier

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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

Career

Rapaport was the winner of the Xtreme Verbier event of the Freeride World Tour in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://freerideworldtour.com/riders/matilda-rapaport |title=Matilda Rapaport, Ski, Swe |publisher=Swatch Freeride World Tour |accessdate=18 July 2016 |archive-date=22 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722082236/http://freerideworldtour.com/riders/matilda-rapaport |url-status=dead }}

Death

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/sport/svenskt-skidproffs-i-koma-efter-lavinolycka/ |title=Svenskt skidproffs i koma efter lavinolycka |language=sv |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |date=17 July 2016 |access-date=18 July 2016}}{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36846038/swedish-extreme-skier-matilda-rapaport-dies-filming-ubisoft-game-promo-in-chile |title=Swedish extreme skier Matilda Rapaport dies filming Ubisoft game promo in Chile |work=BBC News |date=20 July 2016 }} She was brought to a hospital in Santiago de Chile where she died on 18 July 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/sport/artikel/matilda-rapaport-har-avlidit/ |title=Matilda Rapaport har avlidit |language=sv |date=18 July 2016 |accessdate=18 July 2016 |publisher=Sveriges Television}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thelocal.se/20160718/swedish-skier-dies-in-avalanche-tragedy |title=Swedish skier dies in avalanche tragedy |newspaper=The Local |location=Sweden |date=18 July 2016 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/18/matilda-rapaport-killed-avalanche-chile |title=Extreme skier Matilda Rapaport killed in avalanche in Chile |newspaper=The Guardian |agency=Reuters |date=18 July 2016 }}