SINGAPORE – Former nationwide floorballer Jill Quek notched one other vital milestone in an illustrious profession as she grew to become the primary Asian to be inducted into the Worldwide Floorball Federation’s (IFF) Corridor of Fame on Sunday (Dec 5).
Quek was among the many first batch of 10 Corridor of Fame inductees who had been honoured on the Ladies’s World Floorball Championship remaining on Monday, which Sweden gained for the eighth consecutive time after beating Finland 4-3.
She stated: “I’m honoured and humbled to obtain this prestigious award. I wish to thank my household, pals, coaches, teammates and everybody who made this journey potential. With out you guys, it wouldn’t be the identical.”
In 2000, she joined Swedish membership Orebo within the nation’s high league to develop into the primary Singaporean to play within the Scandinavian nation.
A 12 months later, she and her youthful sister, Martha, joined second-tier aspect Hasselby.
The 43-year-old can also be Singapore’s highest capped feminine participant, making 64 worldwide appearances for the Republic and competing in seven World Floorball Championships earlier than she retired in 2017.
The opposite inductees had been Sweden’s Karolina Widar, Martin Olofsson, Jan-Erik Vaara, Niklas Jihde, Hermine Dahlerus and Asa Karlsson, and Switzerland’s Laura Tomatis, Mirca Anderegg and Simone Berner.
IFF president Tomas Eriksson stated: “Because the IFF celebrated its thirty fifth birthday in April this 12 months it grew to become obvious that there already are spectacular and noteworthy worldwide careers in floorball, so it felt acceptable to launch this idea and mission to honour these achievements.”
