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

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

player and current team physical therapist to HV71 Dam of the

Swedish Women's Hockey League The Swedish Women's Hockey League (), abbreviated SDHL, is the elite league for women's ice hockey in Sweden. It was established in 2007 as the by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association and was renamed prior to the 2016–17 season. The league has ...

(SDHL). She played as a

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with HV71 Dam and

Linköping HC Dam Linköping ( , ) is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...

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 () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

. 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 Ice hockey people from Örebro Swedish women's ice hockey forwards Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players HV71 (women) players Linköping HC (women) 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 for Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Sweden 21st-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub