Ho Yen Mei

Ho Yen Mei
Personal information
Country  Malaysia
Born (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996[1]
Residence Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)[1]
Handedness Right
Coach Wong Tat Meng and Rony Agustinus[2]
Women's singles
Career record 53-34
Current ranking 121 (13 August 2015)
BWF profile
Updated on 10:23 AM 13 August, 2015 (UTC)[3].
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ho (何).
Ho Yen Mei
Traditional Chinese 何豔美
Simplified Chinese 何艳美

Ho Yen Mei (born 29 April 1996) is a female Malaysian badminton player who competes in the singles category.

Early Life

Yen Mei was born on 29 April 1996 to her father, Albert Ho.[4] At a young age, her family used to go to the Pandan Lake Club.[4] Her mother would take her for swimming classes while her father played badminton.[4] After swimming classes, she and her mother would wait for her father. She then started playing badminton with her father and his friends.[4] A year later, through advices she had got, she decided to sign up for badminton classes. She then got a place at the Bukit Jalil Sports School when she was Form Three.[4]

Yen Mei had stated that she would have become a swimmer if not for her father, and that she has no regrets taking up badminton whilst still favours swimming.[4]

Career Overview

Singles
Played Wins Losses Balance
Total 87 53 34 +19
Current year 10 3 7 -4
Doubles
Played Wins Losses Balance
Total 17 6 11 -5
Current year 0 0 0 0
Mixed Doubles
Played Wins Losses Balance
Total 12 8 4 +4
Current year 0 0 0 0

Individual Titles (3)

National Championships

Year Tournament Category Opponent in final Score
2014 Malaysia 100PLUS National Junior Circuit Grand Prix Finals (Kuala Lumpur)[5] GS U18 Malaysia Yap Rui Chen 21-15, 21-18
Malaysia Maybank National Circuit Perak Open (1st Leg)[6] WS [D1] Malaysia Yang Li Lian 23-21, 19-21, 21-12[7]

International Championships

Year Tournament Opponent in final Score
2014 Malaysia Maybank Malaysia International Youth U19 Badminton Championships[8] South Korea Kim Ga-eun 11-10, 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8[9]

Record against selected opponents

References

  1. 1 2 3 HO Yen Mei. seagames2015.com
  2. "Yen Mei finds joy in badminton’s new scoring format". www.thestar.com.my. 14 September 2014
  3. "BWF World Rankings - BWF世界排名榜". www.bwfbadminton.org. 13 August 2015
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Yen Mei has no regrets switching from swimming to badminton". thestar.com.my Published: Monday December 8, 2014 MYT 11:07:00 PM, Updated: Tuesday December 9, 2014 MYT 1:13:59 AM
  5. "100PLUS National Junior Circuit Grand Prix Finals 2014 (Kuala Lumpur)". tournamentsoftware.com Last updated: 22 June, 2014 11:32 AM
  6. "MAYBANK National Circuit Perak Open 2014 (1st Leg)". tournamentsoftware.com Last updated: 13 October, 2014 5:40 PM
  7. "Daren and Yen Mei delight in first local title". www.thestar.com.my. 12 October 2014
  8. "Maybank Malaysia International Youth U19 Badminton Championships 2014". tournamentsoftware.com Last updated: 18 September, 2014 9:33 AM
  9. "Yen Mei finds joy in badminton’s new scoring format". thestar.com.my 14 September 2014
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