Charmaine Soh Shi Hui (born 24 March 1990) is a

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

an netball player and captain of the Singapore national team who plays either as a goal attack or goal shooter. Charmaine officially captained the national side at the

2019 Netball World Cup The 2019 Netball World Cup (also known as the 2019 Vitality Netball World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the INF Netball World Cup. It was held from 12–21 July 2019 at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, England with matche ...

replacing

Vanessa Marie Lee Vanessa Marie Lee also known as Vanessa Lee (born 24 November 1983) is a Singaporean netball player and former captain of the Singapore national team who has been in international circuit since her debut in 2002. She has played at two World Cup ...

who took a brief break from the sport in 2018. She has featured in three World Cup tournaments for Singapore in 2011,

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and 2019.

Career

Charmaine Soh has been a regular member of the Singaporean team since 2011 following her debut Netball World Cup appearance during the 2011 edition. She was a member of the Singaporean team which emerged as champions during the

2012 Asian Netball Championships The 2012 Asian Netball Championships was the 8th edition of the tournament. The tournament was played at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 25 August to 31 August with ten Asian national netball teams. Final draw The final ...

defeating home side

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

48–47 in a close thriller. She was one of the key members of the Singaporean contingent which claimed gold medal in the women's netball event during

2015 Southeast Asian Games The 2015 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 2015; ; ta, 2015 தென்கிழக்கு ஆசிய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகள்), officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, or ...

and was part of the Singaporean squad which bagged silver at the

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. Soh made her captaincy debut in 2019 as she captained the national side at the

tournament where the team finished at last position among the 16 teams. Soh is widely known for her calm composure and her ability to shoot from anywhere around the shooting circle, making her shooting accuracy comparable to the likes of the world's best shooters such as Maria Folau according to multiple commentators commenting on matches between Singapore and their opponents during the 2015 Netball World Cup and the

In October 2019, she was included in the Singaporean squad for the 2019 M1 Nations Cup and was retained as the captain of the team for the tournament. She was part of the national team which emerged as runners-up to Namibia in the final.

References

1990 births Living people Singaporean netball players Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games medalists in netball Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games 2019 Netball World Cup players 2011 World Netball Championships players 2015 Netball World Cup players Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent 21st-century Singaporean women {{Singapore-netball-bio-stub