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Lee Ho Ching (born 24 November 1992) is a Hong Kong
table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
player. She qualified for the
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in
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, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the women's singles and the women's team. At the
2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
, she won a bronze medal with
Doo Hoi Kem Doo Hoi Kem (; born 27 November 1996) is a Hong Kong table tennis player. She won two medals at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and she was a member of Hong Kong women's team at the 2014 World Team Championships. In 2015, she won a bronze medal ...
and
Minnie Soo Wai Yam Minnie Soo Wai Yam (, born 13 April 1998) is a Hong Kong table tennis player. In 2018, she won bronze in the women’s team event at the World Championship and the Asian Games. Later at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she also won a bronze medal in ...
in the women’s team event.


Early years

Lee graduated from St. Rose of Lima's School and studied at
Diocesan Girls' School Diocesan Girls' School (DGS) (), and Diocesan Girls’ Junior school, one of the oldest girls' schools in Hong Kong and a well known secondary and primary school in Kowloon, HK, was founded in 1860 by the Anglican (Episcopalian) Church (Hong K ...
. She dropped out at 15 years old to pursue a full-time athletic career.


Career


2021

Lee competed in the Tokyo Olympics in women’s team with
Doo Hoi Kem Doo Hoi Kem (; born 27 November 1996) is a Hong Kong table tennis player. She won two medals at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and she was a member of Hong Kong women's team at the 2014 World Team Championships. In 2015, she won a bronze medal ...
and
Minnie Soo Wai Yam Minnie Soo Wai Yam (, born 13 April 1998) is a Hong Kong table tennis player. In 2018, she won bronze in the women’s team event at the World Championship and the Asian Games. Later at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she also won a bronze medal in ...
. They won bronze after beating Germany with 3-1, earning Hong Kong’s first medal in the Olympics team event and second medal in table tennis.


See also

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Hong Kong at the 2020 Summer Olympics Hong Kong competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, marking the territory's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics since its debut as a British Hong Kong, British colony in 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952. More ...


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* 1992 births Living people Hong Kong female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players of Hong Kong Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong Asian Games bronze medalists for Hong Kong Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Expatriate table tennis people in Japan Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in table tennis Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hong Kong 21st-century Hong Kong women {{HongKong-sport-bio-stub