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]
^Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.