Soniia Cheah Su Ya (

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:谢抒芽, born 19 June 1993) is a former Malaysian

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player. She is the younger sister of

Lyddia Cheah Lyddia Cheah Li Ya (; born 8 September 1989, also known as ''Lyddia Cheah Yi Yu'') is a Malaysian badminton player. Her younger sister, Soniia Cheah Su Ya is also a badminton player. In 2010, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in India. ...

who is also a professional badminton player.

Career

In her junior career, she represented Malaysia at the 2009, 2010, and 2011 Asian Junior Championships, World Junior Championships,

2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

, and 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games. She won her first international title at the 2016

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tournament. At the

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, she won the mixed team bronze medal in

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, also the silver medals in

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in the women's singles and team event. Cheah competed at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

. She founded a badminton academy, Sunheart Badminton with her sister, Lyddia in April 2022. At 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.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

''Women's singles''

Commonwealth Youth Games

''Girls' singles'' ''Girls' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the

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. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF) since 2007. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

References

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* * 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur Malaysian sportspeople 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 Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Malaysia Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Malaysia-badminton-bio-stub