Ho Yen Mei
何艳美
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996
ResidenceKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
HandednessRight
CoachWong Tat Meng and Rony Agustinus[2]
Women's singles
Highest ranking54 (13 October 2016)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
SEA Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Singapore Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
BWF profile
Ho Yen Mei
Traditional Chinese何豔美
Simplified Chinese何艳美

Ho Yen Mei (born 29 April 1996) is a Malaysian badminton player who competes in the singles category. She won the women's singles title at the BWF Tour Super 100 2018 Russian Open. Ho won 2015 Polish International in the women's singles. Ho was also the part of the Malaysia team to win the women's team silver at the 2015 and 2017 SEA Games.

Early life

Ho was born on 29 April 1996 to her father, Albert Ho.[3] When she was young, her family used to go to the Pandan Lake Club.[3] Her mother would take her for swimming classes while her father played badminton.[3] After swimming classes, she and her mother would wait for her father. Yen Mei then started playing badminton with her father and his friends.[3] A year later, she signed up for badminton classes. She got a place at the Bukit Jalil Sports School when she was Form Three.[3]

Ho has said that she would have become a swimmer if not for her father, and that she has no regrets taking up badminton whilst she still favours swimming.[3]

Achievements

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 Russian Open Super 100 Japan Shiori Ebihara 22–20, 11–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 Smiling Fish International Thailand Rawinda Prajongjai 9–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Polish International Malaysia Lim Chiew Sien 21–16, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Malaysia International Japan Sayaka Takahashi 17–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

National Championships

Year Tournament Category Opponent in final Score
2014 Malaysia 100PLUS National Junior Circuit Grand Prix Finals (Kuala Lumpur)[6] GS U18 Malaysia Yap Rui Chen 21–15, 21–18
Malaysia Maybank National Circuit Perak Open (1st Leg)[7] WS [D1] Malaysia Yang Li Lian 23–21, 19–21, 21–12[8]

References

  1. ↑ HO Yen Mei Archived 13 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. seagames2015.com
  2. ↑ "Yen Mei finds joy in badminton’s new scoring format". www.thestar.com.my. 14 September 2014
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Yen Mei has no regrets switching from swimming to badminton". thestar.com.my Published: Monday 8 December 2014 MYT 11:07:00 PM, Updated: Tuesday 9 December 2014 MYT 1:13:59 AM
  4. ↑ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "100PLUS National Junior Circuit Grand Prix Finals 2014 (Kuala Lumpur)". tournamentsoftware.com Last updated: 22 June 2014 11:32 AM
  7. ↑ "MAYBANK National Circuit Perak Open 2014 (1st Leg)". tournamentsoftware.com Last updated: 13 October 2014 5:40 PM
  8. ↑ "Daren and Yen Mei delight in first local title". www.thestar.com.my. 12 October 2014
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