Soniia Cheah Su Ya Explained

Soniia Cheah Su Ya
谢抒芽
Size:250 px
Country:Malaysia
Birth Name:謝淑雅
Birth Date:1993 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height:1.75 m
Weight:65 kg
Event:Women's singles
Handedness:Right
Highest Ranking:23
Date Of Highest Ranking:13 July 2017
Retired:13 December 2022
Bwf Id:52D1D9D3-8C2F-4DE5-90D4-9CE24142C0D0

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.[1]

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.[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]

She founded a badminton academy, Sunheart Badminton with her sister, Lyddia in April 2022.[6] 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.[7]

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

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2012Dutch International Yao Jie21–19, 9–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2016Belgian International Sofie Holmboe Dahl21–11, 16–21, 21–16 Winner
2016Tata Open India International Pardeshi Shreyanshi11–3, 6–11, 11–6, 11–7 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Soniia Cheah . bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 6 December 2016.
  2. News: Asian Juniors 2011 – China's hat trick . Badzine.net . 10 April 2018.
  3. News: Shuttler Sonia Cheah in Belgium clinches first international title . . 10 April 2018.
  4. News: Back in her element . . 10 April 2018.
  5. News: Chong Wei accepts loss to India in mixed team final . . 10 April 2018.
  6. News: Shuttler Soniia feels so alive again . . 15 November 2022. Fabian Peter. 15 November 2022.
  7. News: A sad Soniia retires from badminton . . 13 December 2022. Fabian Peter. 13 December 2022.