Peter Åslin
Olympic athlete
1962 – 2012
Who was Peter Åslin?
Karl Peter Åslin was a Swedish national team ice hockey goaltender.
Åslin started his international career by winning the IIHF World U20 Championship in 1981, which was Sweden's lone world junior gold for 31 years until the win in Calgary in 2012. Åslin won three Swedish championships; two with AIK of Stockholm in 1982 and 1984, and one with HV71 of Jönköping in 1995. He medalled in each of the four men's World Championships he participated in: gold medal in 1992 in Prague and three silver medals; in 1986, 1990 and 1993. Åslin won an Olympic bronze medal in Calgary in 1988.
Åslin played 91 national team games for Sweden. Married with children, Åslin died on January 19, 2012 in Leksand after having suffered multiple strokes. He was 49.
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- Born
- Sep 21, 1962
Norrtälje - Lived in
- Norrtälje
- Died
- Jan 19, 2012
Leksand
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on July 23, 2013
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