Soniia Cheah Su Ya
Soniia Cheah Su Ya (Chinese:谢抒芽, born 19 June 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. She is the younger sister of Lydia Cheah Li Ya who is also a professional badminton player.[1] 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]
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| Country | Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 23 (13 July 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 38 (1 February 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 謝抒芽 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 谢抒芽 | ||||||
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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]
Achievements
    
    Southeast Asian Games
    
Women's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | 
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| 2017 | Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  Goh Jin Wei | 21–11, 21–10 |  Silver | 
Asian Junior Championships
    
Girls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | 
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| 2010 | Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  Yang Li Lian |  Tang Jinhua  Xia Huan | 11–21, 13–21 |  Bronze | 
BWF Grand Prix
    
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | 
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| 2017 | Russian Open |  Evgeniya Kosetskaya | 9–11, 11–5, 5–11, 11–5, 4–11 |  Runner-up | 
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
    
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | 
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| 2012 | Dutch International |  Yao Jie | 21–19, 9–21, 12–21 |  Runner-up | 
| 2016 | Belgian International |  Sofie Holmboe Dahl | 21–11, 16–21, 21–16 |  Winner | 
| 2016 | Tata Open India International |  Pardeshi Shreyanshi | 11–3, 6–11, 11–6, 11–7 |  Winner | 
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
    
- "Players: Soniia Cheah". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- "Asian Juniors 2011 – China's hat trick". Badzine.net. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- "Shuttler Sonia Cheah in Belgium clinches first international title". Malay Mail. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- "Back in her element". The Star. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- "Chong Wei accepts loss to India in mixed team final". The Star. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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