Malaysian badminton player
Badminton player
Soniia Cheah Su Ya 谢抒芽 Birth name 謝淑雅 Country Malaysia Born (1993-06-19 ) 19 June 1993 (age 31) Kuala Lumpur , MalaysiaHeight 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Weight 65 kg (143 lb) Retired 13 December 2022[1] Handedness Right Highest ranking 23 (13 July 2017) BWF profile
Soniia Cheah Su Ya (Chinese : 謝抒芽 ), born 19 June 1993) is a retired Malaysian badminton player. She is the younger sister of Lyddia Cheah who is also a professional badminton player.[2]
Career
In her junior career, she represented Malaysia at the 2009, 2010, and 2011 Asian Junior Championships , World Junior Championships , 2010 Summer Youth Olympics , and 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games .[3] [4]
She won her first international title at the 2016 Belgian International tournament.[4] At the Southeast Asian Games , she won the mixed team bronze medal in 2011 , also the silver medals in 2017 in the women's singles and team event.[5] Cheah competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games .[6]
She founded a badminton academy, Sunheart Badminton with her sister, Lyddia in April 2022.[7] On 13 December 2022, she announced her retirement from badminton due to the pain from the relapse of her bone spur injury which she has been enduring since 2013.[1]
Achievements
SEA Games
Women's singles
Commonwealth Youth Games
Girls' singles
Girls' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Girls' doubles
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold . It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women's singles
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
Women's singles
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
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