Ho Lien Siew (5 September 1932 – 3 April 2021) was a Singaporean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

. Ho represented Singapore in the national basketball team at the

at Melbourne, Australia, the

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

Southeast Asian Peninsular Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supe ...

and the

1962 Asian Games ) , Host city = Jakarta, Indonesia , Nations participating = 17 , Athletes participating = 1,460 , Events = 120 in 13 sports , Opening ceremony = 24 August 1962 , Closing ceremony = 4 September 1962 , ...

. He won the Men's Basketball bronze medal at the 1961 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games Ho continued to play competitively until he was 50. He became a basketball coach until 82.

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* 1932 births 2021 deaths Singaporean men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Singapore Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics SEA Games medalists in basketball SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore Competitors at the 1961 SEAP Games Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent 20th-century Singaporean people 21st-century Singaporean people {{Singapore-basketball-bio-stub