Lee Ho Ching

{{Infobox table tennis player

| name = Lee Ho Ching

| image = Lee Ho Ching WTTC2016 1.jpg

| caption = Lee at the 2016 World Championships

| native_name = 李皓晴 {{small|(jyutping: lei5 hou6 cing4)}}

| residence =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|11|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong

| height = 1.60 m

| weight = 53 kg

| playingstyle = Right-handed shakehand

| highest_rank = 12 (January 2018){{cite web|url=https://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=45&Itemid=276&resetfilters=0&abc=105159&clearordering=0&clearfilters=0|title=Ranking History|website=results.ittf.link|access-date=10 September 2023}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{HKG}}}}

}}

Lee Ho Ching (born 24 November 1992) is a Hong Kong table tennis player.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/124585|title=Lee Ho Ching|website=olympedia.org|access-date=24 February 2024}}

She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the women's singles and the women's team.{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ho-ching-lee |title=Ho Ching Lee |website=rio2016.com |accessdate=7 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806025924/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ho-ching-lee |archivedate= 6 August 2016 }} At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal with Doo Hoi Kem and Minnie Soo Wai Yam in the women's team event.{{Cite web|title=Table Tennis-Hong Kong bags first women's team bronze|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/table-tennis-hong-kong-bags-first-womens-team-bronze-2021-08-05/|access-date=5 August 2021|website=Reuters}}

Early life

Lee graduated from St. Rose of Lima's School and studied at Diocesan Girls' School. She dropped out at 15 years old to pursue a full-time athletic career.{{cite web |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/18/178332/Lee-Ho-ching-and-Minnie-Soo-drop-out-of-school-and-win-Olympic-medal |title=Lee Ho-ching and Minnie Soo drop out of school and win Olympic medal |publisher=The Standard |date=5 August 2021}}

Career

Lee competed in the Tokyo Olympics in women's team with Doo Hoi Kem and Minnie Soo Wai Yam. 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.