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.
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]
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]
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^"ITTF World Ranking - Soo Wai Yam Minnie". ITTF. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
^ abYamamitsu, Eimi (5 August 2021). "Table Tennis-Hong Kong bags first women's team bronze". Reuters. Retrieved 5 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Lee Ho-ching and Minnie Soo drop out of school and win Olympic medal". The Standard. 2021-08-05.
^"東奧摘銅蘇慧音10年後重返校園 9月入讀科大物理" (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). inmediahk.net. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
External links
Minnie Soo at Olympedia
March 10, 2023
minnie, this, hong, kong, name, surname, accordance, with, hong, kong, custom, western, style, name, chinese, style, name, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, materi. 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 This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Minnie Soo news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Minnie Soo Wai Yam MH 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 Minnie SooSoo at the 2017 Asian Table Tennis ChampionshipsPersonal informationFull nameMinnie Soo Wai YamBorn 1998 04 13 13 April 1998 age 24 1 Hong Kong 1 Playing styleRight handed shakehand grip 1 Highest ranking25 February 2018 2 Current ranking161 June 2022 ClubNippon Paint MalletsHeight169 cm 5 ft 7 in 1 Medal record Women s table tennisRepresenting Hong Kong ChinaOlympic Games2020 Tokyo TeamWorld Championships2018 Halmstad TeamAsian Games2018 Jakarta TeamMinnie SooTraditional Chinese蘇慧音Simplified Chinese苏慧音JyutpingSou1 Wai6 Jam1TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinSu HuiyinYue CantoneseJyutpingSou1 Wai6 Jam1 Contents 1 Early years and education 2 Career 2 1 2021 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksEarly years and education EditSoo is the daughter of former Hong Kong table tennis player Soo Chun wah She was exposed to the sport at age 3 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 Edit2021 Edit 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 EditHong Kong at the 2020 Summer OlympicsReferences Edit a b c d スー ワイ ヤム ミニー 蘇 慧音 T League in Japanese Retrieved 8 January 2020 ITTF World Ranking Soo Wai Yam Minnie ITTF Retrieved 8 January 2020 a b Yamamitsu Eimi 5 August 2021 Table Tennis Hong Kong bags first women s team bronze Reuters Retrieved 5 August 2021 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint url status link Lee Ho ching and Minnie Soo drop out of school and win Olympic medal The Standard 2021 08 05 東奧摘銅蘇慧音10年後重返校園 9月入讀科大物理 in Chinese Hong Kong inmediahk net 3 March 2022 Retrieved 2 November 2022 External links EditMinnie Soo at Olympedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Minnie Soo amp oldid 1136014386, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
