A Swedish athlete who placed second in women’s skiing during the Freeride World Tour event in Haines in March died in an avalanche July 14 in Farellones, Chile.
Matilda Rapaport, 30, died while filming during a period of elevated avalanche conditions, according to the website snowbrains.com.
Rapaport is the second medal-winner from the spring Haines competition to die since March. Two-time world champion snowboarder Estelle Balet of Switzerland, 21, died in an avalanche April 19…
