Jenni Anna Christina Asserholt (born 8 April 1988) is a Swedish retired

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player and current team physical therapist to

HV71 Dam HV71 are a professional ice hockey club in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They play in Jönköping, in the southern Swedish province of Småland, at the Husqvarna Garden. History The club was originally formed independently in Ma ...

of the

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(SDHL). She played as a

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with HV71 Dam and

Linköping HC Dam Linköping HC Dam or LHC Dam is an ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They are the representative women's ice hockey team of Linköping HC, a sports club based in Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden, and play at the St� ...

in the SDHL and with the Swedish women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

. In 2004 Jenni underwent treatment for her

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, even though she doesn't experience any asthmatic symptoms as of 2011. She has said that the cold temperatures in ice hockey rinks cause breathing difficulties during her younger years.

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* * * * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Örebro Swedish women's ice hockey forwards Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players HV71 Dam players Linköping HC Dam players Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Sweden {{Sweden-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub