Minnie Soo Explained

Minnie Soo
Full Name:Minnie Soo Wai Yam
Birth Date:13 April 1998
Birth Place:Hong Kong[1]
Playingstyle:Right-handed shakehand grip
Highest Rank:25 (February 2018)[2]
Current Rank:161 (June 2022)
Club:Nippon Paint Mallets
Height:169 cm
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Minnie Soo Wai Yam (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 and education

Soo is the daughter of former Hong Kong table tennis player Soo Chun-wah. She was exposed to the sport at age 3½ 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]

In September 2022, she started studying at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, majoring physics.[5]

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: スー ワイ ヤム ミニー(蘇 慧音). T.League. ja. 8 January 2020.
  2. Web site: ITTF World Ranking - Soo Wai Yam Minnie. ITTF. 8 January 2020.
  3. News: Table Tennis-Hong Kong bags first women's team bronze. 5 August 2021. Reuters. 5 August 2021 . Yamamitsu . Eimi .
  4. Web site: Lee Ho-ching and Minnie Soo drop out of school and win Olympic medal . The Standard . 2021-08-05.
  5. Web site: 東奧摘銅蘇慧音10年後重返校園 9月入讀科大物理 . zh-hk . inmediahk.net . 3 March 2022 . 2 November 2022 .