Ho Yen Mei

Ho Yen Mei 何艳美
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 28)
Residence	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Handedness	Right
Coach	Wong Tat Meng and Rony Agustinus[2]
Women's singles
Highest ranking	54 (13 October 2016)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Malaysia SEA Games 2015 Singapore Women's team 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
BWF profile

Ho Yen Mei
Traditional Chinese	何豔美
Simplified Chinese	何艳美
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hé yànměi

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	Shiori Ebihara	22–20, 11–21, 21–18	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Smiling Fish International	Rawinda Prajongjai	9–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Polish International	Lim Chiew Sien	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2016	Malaysia International	Sayaka Takahashi	17–21, 11–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

National Championships

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

References

1. HO Yen Mei^[usurped]. seagames2015.com
2. "Yen Mei finds joy in badminton’s new scoring format". www.thestar.com.my. 14 September 2014
3. "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