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

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

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

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replacing

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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. She is Singapore's most-capped netballer, with 128 competitive appearances. Charmaine retired in 2023, playing and winning her 128th game for Singapore in the 2023 Nations Cup final.

Career

Charmaine Soh had been a regular member of the Singaporean team since 2011 following her debut

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appearance during the 2011 edition. She was a member of the Singaporean team which emerged as champions during the 2012 Asian Netball Championships defeating home side

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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

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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

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according to multiple commentators commenting on matches between Singapore and their opponents during the

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and the

In October 2019, she was included in the Singaporean squad for the

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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. On 24 August 2021, World Netball announced that Charmaine was its official Ambassador for the Asia Region. On 28 October 2023, Charmaine played her last game for Singapore, in a 59–56 win over Papua New Guinea, winning her first and only Nations Cup gold medal.

References

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