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{{short description|Swedish biathlete}}
'''Åsa Lif''' (born 26 July 1990) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[biathlete]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Mats |last=Bråstedt |url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/skidskytte/skidskyttebraket-har-en-annan-uppfattning/ |title=Skidskyttebråket: 'Har en annan uppfattning' - Så har det gått för Svenskorna i staffetterna den här säsongen |newspaper=Expressen |date=2013-01-20 |accessdate=2014-09-16 |language=Swedish}}</ref>
Lif lives in [[Östersund]] and represents Lima Biathlon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.svt.se/sport/asa-lif |title=Åsa Lif |publisher=[[Sveriges Television]] |date=2013-01-31 |accessdate=2014-09-16 |language=Swedish }}</ref> Her trainer is [[Roger Westling]]. In 2011, she became a member of the Swedish A squad;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/regionalt/gavledala/asa-lif-tar-landslagsplats |title=Åsa Lif tar landslagsplats |publisher=Sveriges Television |date=2011-05-11 |accessdate=2014-09-16 |language=Swedish}}</ref> since 2012 she has been on the development squad. Her first international meet was the junior division of the World Championship Summer Biathlon 2007, in [[Otepää]]. In the [[cross-country running]] segments, she achieved 30th place in the sprint and 28th in the mass start; in [[roller skiing]] she came 20th in the sprint and 21st in pursuit. She competed at the junior level in the [[IBU Cup]] (formerly the European Cup) beginning with the 2007/08 season, and in 2009 competed for the first time in the Junior World Championships at [[Canmore, Alberta|Canmore]], where she came in 34th in the sprint, 33rd in pursuit and individual, and with [[Ingela Andersson]] and [[Marielle Molander]], 9th in the relay. The following year in [[Torsby]] she placed 40th in the individual, 30th in sprint, 33rd in pursuit and 12th in the relay. In 2011, competing in her third Junior World Championships at [[Nové Město na Moravě]], she was 25th in individual, 34th in sprint, 41st in pursuit and 14th in the relay.
She competed in the IBU women's championships for the first time in 2008 at [[Idre]], coming 64th in her first sprint and in her next, in the same venue, achieving 53rd, her best placement in the event. At the start of the 2012/13 season she made her first appearance in the [[Biathlon World Cup|World Cup]], in [[Östersund]], where she came 88th in her first sprint. In her next sprint, at [[Hochfilzen]], she placed 61st, missing qualifying for the pursuit by only one position. In the relay, as last runner after [[Elisabeth Högberg]], [[Anna-Karin Strömstedt]] and [[Elin Mattsson]], she shared 9th place.
Between 2008 and 2010, Lif also competed in several international [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skiing]] events at the junior level and lower-level [[International Ski Federation]] events. On the national level, she won bronze with the Lima team at the 2010 Swedish Biathlon Championships, and gold in the roller ski sprint<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=110&artikel=5236602 |title=
Västernorrland: Jonsson tog brons i rullskidskytte-SM |publisher=[[SR P4]] |date=2012-08-18 |accessdate=2014-09-16 |language=Swedish}}</ref> and silver in roller ski pursuit at the 2012 Summer Swedish Biathlon Championships in [[Sollefteå]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Hans |last=Andersson |url=http://www.op.se/sport/dubbla-sm-brons-for-nojd-eriksson |title=Dubbla SM-brons för nöjd Eriksson |newspaper=[[Östersunds-Posten]] |date=2012-08-18 |accessdate=2014-09-16 |language=Swedish }}</ref>
In April 2014, she was not included in the national squad, which she attributed to problems with a leg and a disc that would prevent her from fully following the training programme.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dalademokraten.se/sport/asa-lif-petad-i-landslaget |title=Åsa Lif petad i landslaget |newspaper=[[Dala-Demokraten]] |date=2014-04-24 |accessdate=2014-09-16 |language=Swedish }}</ref>
==References==
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==Further reading==
*[http://iof3.idrottonline.se/SvenskaSkidskytteforbundet/ARBETSRUM/WorldCupOstersund/WCNews/WorldCupNews/Closeup-AsaLif/ "Close up - Åsa Lif"], interview with Sofia Wrangel, iof3.idrottonline.se, 28 October 2012 {{in lang|sv}}
==External links==
*[http://www.asalif.se/om-mig Personal website] {{in lang|sv}}
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[[Category:Swedish female biathletes]]
[[Category:1990 births]]
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