Ho Yen Mei (born 29 April 1996) is a Malaysian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player who competes in the singles category. She won the women's singles title at the

BWF Tour Super 100 The BWF World Tour is a Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (men's, women's and mixed). The compe ...

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

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and 2017 SEA Games.

Early life

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

Bukit Jalil Sports School The Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) ( ms, Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil, SSBJ) is the first sports school in Malaysia. The school is located at the National Sports Complex compound in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil was opene ...

when she was Form Three. 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.

Achievements

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(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. ''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

National Championships

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ho, Yen Mei 1996 births Living people Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Badminton players from Kuala Lumpur Malaysian female badminton players Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Malaysian women