Ho Yen Mei
{{Short description|Malaysian badminton player}}
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{{Infobox badminton player
| name = Ho Yen Mei
何艳美
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| country = Malaysia
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|04|29}}
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| residence = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| height = {{convert|1.59|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150613024653/http://results.seagames2015.com/eng/zb/engzb_badminton_biography_overview_n1006390_ho_yen_mei.htm HO Yen Mei]}}. seagames2015.com
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| event = Women's singles
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| handedness = Right
| coach = Wong Tat Meng and Rony Agustinus[http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Badminton/2014/09/14/Yen-Mei-finds-joy-in-badmintons-new-scoring-format/ "Yen Mei finds joy in badminton’s new scoring format"]. www.thestar.com.my. 14 September 2014
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| highest_ranking = 54
| date_of_highest_ranking = 13 October 2016
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{{MedalSport | Women's badminton }}
{{MedalCountry | {{MAS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | SEA Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 2015 Singapore | Women's team }}
{{MedalSilver | 2017 Kuala Lumpur | Women's team }}
| bwfbadminton_id = 87629
| bwf_id = 2620D42C-2296-4DA3-92BC-58EE88EBE7CF
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{{Chinese|s=何艳美|t=何豔美|p=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 that won 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. When she was young, her family used to go to the Pandan Lake Club.{{Cite web |last=PAUL |first=RAJES |date=2014-12-08 |title=Yen Mei has no regrets switching from swimming to badminton |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Badminton/2014/12/08/Yen-Mei-has-no-regrets-switching-from-swimming-to-badminton/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=The Star |language=en}} 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 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,{{cite web |last=Alleyne |first=Gayle |title=BWF Launches New Events Structure |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |website=Badminton World Federation |date=19 March 2017 |access-date=29 November 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |archive-date=1 December 2017}} 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.{{cite web |last=Sukumar |first=Dev |title=Action-Packed Season Ahead! |url=http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |website=Badminton World Federation |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=15 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |archive-date=13 January 2018}}
Women's singles
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! Year ! Tournament ! Level ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
align="center" | 2018
| align="left" | Russian Open | align="left" | Super 100 | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shiori Ebihara | align="left" | 22–20, 11–21, 21–18 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
= BWF International Challenge/Series =
Women's singles
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! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
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| align="center" | 2013 | align="left" | Smiling Fish International | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} Rawinda Prajongjai | align="left" | 9–21, 19–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up |
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| align="center" | 2015 | align="left" | Polish International | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} Lim Chiew Sien | align="left" | 21–16, 21–12 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
style="background:#D8CEF6"
| align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | Malaysia International | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Sayaka Takahashi | align="left" | 17–21, 11–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up |
: {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament
: {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament
: {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} BWF Future Series tournament
= National Championships =
References
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Category:Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
Category:Badminton players from Kuala Lumpur
Category:Malaysian female badminton players
Category:Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games
Category:Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
Category:SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia