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Jill Quek
Jill Quek (born 30 August 1978) is a Singaporean former floorball player who played as a forward for the Singapore women's national team and is now a floorball coach. She is the first Asian to be inducted to the International Floorball Federation's Hall of Fame. Career Originally in-line and ice hockey player, Quek transitioned to floorball. Quek joined Swedish club Örebro in 2000, to become the first Singaporean to play in the Scandinavian country. The year later, she and her younger sister Martha joined Hässelby. She also played in Finland. Quek was a long-time player for the Singapore women's national team. She had 64 international appearances for Singapore and was part of the Singapore squad for seven World Floorball Championships prior to her retirement in 2017. She considered retiring in 2009, but went on to play floorball for several years. Her only appearance in the Southeast Asian Games was in 2015 edition in Singapore when floorball was contested. By 2011, Quek wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floorball
Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role in the game's development. The game was invented in Sweden in the late 1960s. The basic rules were established in 1979 when the first floorball club in the world, Sala IBK, from Sala, was founded in Sweden. Official rules for matches were first written down in 1981. The sport is organized internationally by the International Floorball Federation (IFF). As of 2019, there were about 377,000 registered floorball players worldwide, up from around 300,000 in 2014. Events include an annual Champions Cup, EuroFloorball Cup and EuroFloorball Challenge for club teams and the biennial World Floorball Championships with separate divisions for men and women. Professional club leagues include Finland's F-liiga, Sweden's Svenska Superligan, Switz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
