Andreas Fransson
Swedish extreme skier
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Andreas Fransson (15 April 1983 – 29 September 2014) was a Swedish extreme skier perhaps best known for having made descents of the hitherto un-skied specific faces of mountains.[1] Among his inaugural descents was that of the south face of Denali in Alaska during the spring of 2011.[2]
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| Born | 15 April 1983 |
| Died | 29 September 2014 (aged 31) |
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| Sport | Skiing |
Fransson died alongside JP Auclair in an avalanche on 29 September 2014 on Monte San Lorenzo in Aysen, Chile while filming for the webisode series Apogee Skiing.[3]