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| image              = Sophie Soon Profile Picture.jpg
| birth_date         = 1998
| education          = Nanyang Polytechnic - Diploma in Business Management
| family             = Colin Soon (Brother)
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Sophie Soon Jin Wen (born 1998) is a Singaporean para swimmer from Team Singapore.<ref name=":0">International Paralympic Committee. “[https://www.paralympic.org/sophie-jin-wen-soon Sophie Jin Wen Soon]”. ''International Paralympic Committee''. n.d. Accessed 13 March 2023. </ref><ref name=":1">Team Singapore. “[https://www.teamsingapore.sg/major-games/olympics/tokyo-2020/athletes/sophie-soon-jin-wen Sophie Soon Jin Wen]”. ''Team Singapore''. n.d. Accessed 13 March 2023.</ref> Over the years, she has represented Singapore to win several international competitions. Most notably, she competed in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and managed to come in fourth for the women’s 100m breaststroke SB12 event.<ref name=":9">Yu, Jane. “[https://pride.kindness.sg/singapore-paralympics-2020-sophie-soon/ Paralympics 2020: “I dived in and everything went wrong]”. ''The Pride''. September 10, 2021. Accessed 13 March 2023.</ref>


In March 2023, Sophie Soon sparked some controversy after she posted a video of her confrontation with a Rocky Master employee on Facebook.<ref name=":2">Raguraman, Anjali. “[https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/paralympic-swimmer-sophie-soon-in-stand-off-over-guide-dog-at-rocky-master-outlet-in-hougang Paralympic swimmer Sophie Soon in stand-off over guide dog at Rocky Master outlet in Hougang]”. ''The Straits Times''. March 12, 2023. Accessed 13 March 2023.</ref><ref name=":3">Raguraman, Anjali. “[https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/paralympian-sophie-soon-s-dispute-with-cafe-sheds-light-on-guide-dog-users-daily-challenges Paralympian Sophie Soon’s dispute with cafe sheds light on guide dog users’ daily challenges]”. ''The Straits Times''. March 15, 2023. Accessed 13 March 2023. </ref><ref name=":10">Kwa, Alfie. “[https://mothership.sg/2023/03/spore-paralympic-swimmer-apologise-filming-dispute-over-guide-dog/ S'pore Paralympic swimmer apologises after filming dispute over guide dog in cafe]”. ''Mothership''. March 12, 2023. Accessed 13 March 2023.</ref> The dispute revolved around Sophie and her guide dog, whose presence caused her and her mother to be refused entry into the cafe.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />