Soniia Cheah Su Ya ( zh, 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.

Career

In her junior career, she represented Malaysia at the 2009, 2010, and 2011 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, Asian Junior Championships, BWF World Junior Championships, World Junior Championships, Badminton at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, and Badminton at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games. She won her first international title at the 2016 Belgian International tournament. At the Badminton at the Southeast Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, she won the mixed team bronze medal in Badminton at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games, 2011, also the silver medals in Badminton at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, 2017 in the women's singles and team event. Cheah competed at the Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2018 Commonwealth Games. She founded a badminton academy, Sunheart Badminton with her sister, Lyddia in April 2022. 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.

Achievements

SEA Games

''Women's singles''

Commonwealth Youth Games

''Girls' singles'' ''Girls' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold, 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'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament

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* * * * * 1993 births Living people Badminton players from Kuala Lumpur Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Malaysia Badminton players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games badminton players for Malaysia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in badminton Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton {{Malaysia-badminton-bio-stub