Åsa Maria Sandell (born January 24, 1967) is a Swedish

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and professional female

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Early life

Sandell was born in Hovsta in

Örebro County Örebro County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly northern region of ...

, and has a university degree in journalism and literature.

Career

She was European champion in 2000 and has been Swedish champion a few times. She faced

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on December 17, 2005, in the

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, and lost by TKO after five rounds.

Personal life

As of 2004, she lives in

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and works as editor at the Culture section at the newspaper ''

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'', based in nearby

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Professional boxing record

References

External links

* 1967 births Living people Swedish journalists Swedish women boxers Sportspeople from Örebro Super-middleweight boxers 20th-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-boxing-bio-stub