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 Lee at the 2016 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | 李皓晴 (jyutping: lei5 hou6 cing4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1992 Hong Kong[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 12 (January 2018)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lee Ho Ching (born 24 November 1992) is a Hong Kong table tennis player.[1]
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.[2] 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.[4]
Early years[edit]
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.[5]
Career[edit]
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.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Lee Ho Ching". olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Ho Ching Lee". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Table Tennis-Hong Kong bags first women's team bronze". Reuters. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Lee Ho-ching and Minnie Soo drop out of school and win Olympic medal". The Standard. 5 August 2021.
