Soniia Cheah Su Ya

Soniia Cheah Su Ya
谢抒芽
Cheah at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.
Personal information
Born謝淑雅
(1993-06-19) 19 June 1993 (age 33)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryMalaysia
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Retired13 December 2022
Women's singles
Highest ranking23 (13 July 2017)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastMixed team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place2020 ManilaWomen's team
SEA Games
Silver medal – second place2017 Kuala LumpurWomen's singles
Silver medal – second place2017 Kuala LumpurWomen's team
Bronze medal – third place2011 Jakarta–PalembangWomen's team
Bronze medal – third place2019 PhilippinesWomen's team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 TaipeiMixed team
Silver medal – second place2009 Alor SetarMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2010 GuadalajaraMixed team
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver medal – second place2011 DouglasGirls' singles
Silver medal – second place2011 DouglasGirls' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 Kuala LumpurMixed team
Silver medal – second place2010 Kuala LumpurMixed team
Silver medal – second place2011 LucknowMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2010 Kuala LumpurGirls' doubles
Soniia Cheah Su Ya
Traditional Chinese謝抒芽
Simplified Chinese谢抒芽
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiè Shūyá

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.

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.

She won her first international title at the 2016 Belgian International tournament. 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. Cheah competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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

Achievements

SEA Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia Goh Jin Wei 11–21, 10–21 Silver Silver

Commonwealth Youth Games

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2011 National Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man India P. V. Sindhu 20–22, 8–21 Silver Silver

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 National Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man Malaysia Yang Li Lian Malaysia Chow Mei Kuan
Malaysia Lee Meng Yean		 17–21, 8–21 Silver Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia Yang Li Lian China Tang Jinhua
China Xia Huan		 11–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

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

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Russian Open Russia Evgeniya Kosetskaya 9–11, 11–5, 5–11, 11–5, 4–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2012 Dutch International Netherlands Yao Jie 21–19, 9–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Belgian International Denmark Sofie Holmboe Dahl 21–11, 16–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Tata Open India International India Pardeshi Shreyanshi 11–3, 6–11, 11–6, 11–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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