Soniia Cheah Su Ya

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheah.

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.^[2]

Soniia Cheah Su Ya 谢抒芽
Cheah at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.
Personal information
Birth name	謝淑雅
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1993-06-19) 19 June 1993 (age 31) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Retired	13 December 2022[1]
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	23 (13 July 2017)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Malaysia Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Women's team SEA Games 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 2011 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team 2019 Philippines Women's team World Junior Championships 2011 Taipei Mixed team 2009 Alor Setar Mixed team 2010 Guadalajara Mixed team Commonwealth Youth Games 2011 Douglas Girls' singles 2011 Douglas Girls' doubles Asian Junior Championships 2009 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2010 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2011 Lucknow Mixed team 2010 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Soniia Cheah Su Ya
Traditional Chinese	謝抒芽
Simplified Chinese	谢抒芽
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiè Shūyá

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.^[3][4]

She won her first international title at the 2016 Belgian International tournament.^[4] 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.^[5] Cheah competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[6]

She founded a badminton academy, Sunheart Badminton with her sister, Lyddia in April 2022.^[7] 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.^[1]

Achievements

SEA Games

Women's singles

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

Commonwealth Youth Games

Girls' singles

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

Girls' doubles

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

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
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 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	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
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

1. 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. "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.

External links

• Soniia Cheah at BWFBadminton.com
• Soniia Cheah at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Soniia Cheah at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Soniia Cheah at Olympedia (archive)
• Su Ya Soniia Cheah at Olympics.com