Jill Quek (born 30 August 1978) is a Singaporean former

floorball Floorball (also known by other names) is a sport played with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with sticks and a hollow plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three periods. The sport of bandy also playe ...

player who played as a forward for the

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and is now a floorball coach. She is the first Asian to be inducted to the

International Floorball Federation The International Floorball Federation (IFF) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded on 12 April 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by representatives from the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and S ...

's Hall of Fame.

Career

Originally in-line and

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player, Quek transitioned to floorball. Quek joined Swedish club Örebro in 2000, to become the first Singaporean to play in the Scandinavian country. The year later, she and her younger sister Martha joined Hässelby. She also played in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. Quek was a long-time player for the

. She had 64 international appearances for Singapore and was part of the Singapore squad for seven

World Floorball Championships The Men's World Floorball Championship is an international floorball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Floorball Federation (IFF). It is held regularly in even years since 1996. In off y ...

prior to her retirement in 2017. She considered retiring in 2009, but went on to play floorball for several years. Her only appearance in the

Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as SEA Games is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup ...

was in 2015 edition in Singapore when floorball was contested. By 2011, Quek was already serving as a full-time coach for Singaporean floorball players. On 5 December 2021, Quek was inducted to the

's Hall of Fame. She was the first Asian inductee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quek, Jill Floorball players 1978 births 21st-century Singaporean sportswomen Singaporean expatriate sportspeople Living people Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore Expatriate sportspeople in Finland Singaporean sports coaches Expatriate sportspeople in Sweden