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

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Early life

Career

Rapaport was the winner of the Xtreme Verbier event of the

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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

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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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