Kimberly Lim Wei Yan (born 10 December 1994) is a Singaporean netball player who represents

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internationally and plays in the positions of wing attack or centre. She was part of the Singaporean squads during the

2015 Netball World Cup The Netball World Cup Sydney 2015 (NWC2015) was the 14th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, the premier competition in international netball. It was held from 7–16 August, in Sydney, Australia, which secured hosting rights after defeating ...

and

2019 Netball World Cup The 2019 Netball World Cup (also known as the 2019 Vitality Netball World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the INF Netball World Cup. It was held from 12–21 July 2019 at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, England with match ...

. She was just one of two survivors along with skipper

Charmaine Soh Charmaine Soh Shi Hui (born 24 March 1990) is a Singaporean netball player and captain of the Singapore national netball team, Singapore national team who plays either as a goal attack or goal shooter. Charmaine officially captained the national s ...

in the 2019 World Cup squad to have played in the 2015 World Cup.

Education

Lim studied at the

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Netball career

Lim was a member of the Singaporean team which emerged as champions during the

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defeating

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at home. Lim was also part of the team which won silver at the 2014

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. Lim was one of the key members of the Singaporean contingent which claimed gold medal in the women's netball event during 2015 Southeast Asian Games and was part of the Singaporean squad which bagged silver at the

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. In September 2019, she was included in the Singaporean squad for the

2019 M1 Nations Cup The 2019 Six Nations Cup (for sponsorship reasons) also known as 2019 M1 Nations Cup was the thirteenth edition of the Singaporean Nations Cup was held in OCBC Arena from 20–26 October 2019. The tournament featured six nations including hosts ...

References

1994 births Living people Singaporean netball players Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore 2019 Netball World Cup players Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent 21st-century Singaporean women {{Singapore-netball-bio-stub