Minnie Soo

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In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Soo. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Minnie Soo and the Chinese-style name is Soo Wai Yam.
Minnie Soo
Soo Wai Yam 2017ATTC.jpg
Soo at the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships
Personal information
Full nameMinnie Soo Wai Yam
Born (1998-04-13) 13 April 1998 (age 23)[1]
Hong Kong[1]
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip[1]
Highest ranking25 (February 2018)[2]
Current ranking28 (January 2020)
Club
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Hong Kong, China
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Halmstad Team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Team
Minnie Soo
Traditional Chinese蘇慧音
Simplified Chinese苏慧音

Minnie Soo Wai Yam (Chinese: 蘇慧音, 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 the women’s team event with Doo Hoi Kem and Lee Ho Ching.[3]


Early years[]

Soo is the daughter of former Hong Kong table tennis player . She was exposed to the sport at age 3.5 and began receiving formal training at 5 years old. At 10 years old, she joined Hong Kong's youth table tennis team. She was a student of Diocesan Girls' School but dropped out in secondary three to become a full-time athlete.[4]

Career[]

2021[]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Soo, as well as her teammates Doo Hoi Kem and Lee Ho Ching, qualified for the women’s team event. They won bronze after defeating the German team with 3-1, earning Hong Kong’s first medal in the Olympics team event and second medal in table tennis.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "スー ワイ ヤム ミニー（蘇 慧音）". T.League (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. ^ "ITTF World Ranking - Soo Wai Yam Minnie". ITTF. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Table Tennis-Hong Kong bags first women's team bronze". Reuters. Retrieved 5 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Lee Ho-ching and Minnie Soo drop out of school and win Olympic medal". The Standard. 2021-08-05.

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