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Born | 2 July 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | netball player | |||||||||||||||||||
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Playing position(s): goal keeper, goal defense, wing defense | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Melody Teo (born 2 July 1991) is a Singaporean netball player who represents Singapore internationally since 2008 and plays in the positions of goal keeper, goal defense or wing defense. [1] [2] She was part of the Singaporean squad at the 2019 Netball World Cup, which was also her first World Cup appearance. [3] [4]
Melody was also a member of the Singaporean contingent which bagged silver at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. [5]
In September 2019, she was included in the Singaporean squad for the 2019 M1 Nations Cup. [6]
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Kimberly Lim Wei Yan is a Singaporean netball player who represents Singapore internationally and plays in the positions of wing attack or centre. She was part of the Singaporean squads during the 2015 Netball World Cup and 2019 Netball World Cup. She was just one of two survivors along with skipper Charmaine Soh in the 2019 World Cup squad to have played in the 2015 World Cup.
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