Soniia Cheah Su Ya
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| Country |  Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 23 (13 July 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 30 (18 February 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Traditional Chinese | 謝抒芽 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 谢抒芽 | ||||||
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Soniia Cheah Su Ya (born 19 June 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. She is the younger sister of Lydia Cheah Li Ya who is also a professional badminton player.[1] 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.[2][3]
She won her first international title at the 2016 Belgian International tournament.[3] 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.[4] Cheah competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[5]
Achievements
Southeast Asian Games
Women's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  Goh Jin Wei
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21–11, 21–10 |  Silver
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Asian Junior Championships
Girls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2010 | Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Yang Li Lian
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 Xia Huan Tang Jinhua
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11–21, 13–21 |  Bronze
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BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Russian Open |  Evgeniya Kosetskaya
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9–11, 11–5, 5–11, 11–5, 4–11 |  Runner-up
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- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Tata Open India International |  Pardeshi Shreyanshi
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11–3, 6–11, 11–6, 11–7 |  Winner
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| 2016 | Belgian International |  Sofie Holmboe Dahl
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21–11, 16–21, 21–16 | Winner
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| 2012 | Dutch International |  Yao Jie
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21–19, 9–21, 12–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
- ^ "Players: Soniia Cheah". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Asian Juniors 2011 – China's hat trick". Badzine.net. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Shuttler Sonia Cheah in Belgium clinches first international title". Malay Mail. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Back in her element". The Star. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Chong Wei accepts loss to India in mixed team final". The Star. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
External links
- Soniia Cheah Su Ya at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
- Soniia Cheah at gc2018.com
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur
- Malaysian people of Chinese descent
- Malaysian female badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
- Competitors at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games
- Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games
- Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Malaysian badminton biography stubs