Joey Chan

{{Short description|Hong Kong squash player (born 1988)}} {{distinguish|Joseph Chan (disambiguation){{!}}Joseph Chan}} {{Infobox squash player | name = Joey Chan {{nobold|{{Post-nominals|country=HKG|MH}}}} | image = ChanAsianGames20180830.188.jpg | caption = Chan in 18th Jakarta Asian Games. | full_name = Joey Chan Ho-ling | nickname = | country = {{HKG}} | birth_name = Chan Ho Ling | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|5|20}} | birth_place = Hong Kong | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | turnedpro = 2005 | retired = 2020 | plays = Left Handed | coach = Rebecca Chiu, Chris Robertson | racquet = Salming | website = | event = Women's singles | years_active = | highest_ranking = No. 16 | date_of_highest_ranking = May, 2012 | current_ranking = | date_of_current_ranking = | WorldOpenresult = | titles = 6 | finals = 12 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's squash }} {{MedalCountry | {{HKG}} }} {{Medal|Competition| World Games }} {{Medal|Silver|2017 Wrocław|Singles}} {{MedalCompetition | World Team Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2016 Issy-les-Moulineaux | Team}} {{MedalBronze | 2018 Dalian | Team}} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }} {{MedalGold | 2018 Jakarta | Team }} {{MedalSilver | 2010 Guangzhou | Team }} {{MedalBronze | 2010 Guangzhou | Singles }} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Incheon | Team }} | updated = June, 2020 }} {{family name hatnote|Chan|lang=Chinese}}

'''Joey Chan Ho-ling''' {{Post-nominals|country=HKG|MH}} ({{zh|t=陳浩鈴|j=can4 hou5 ling4}}; born May 20, 1988, in Hong Kong), known as '''Joey Chan''', is a former professional squash player who represents Hong Kong. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 16 in May 2012.<ref>[http://www.horizonsoftware.net/entry/wispa/ranking.php?player=T00641 WISPA player profile]</ref><ref>[https://www.squashinfo.com/player-912 SquashInfo Player Profile]</ref>

==Career== Chan joined the Tour in 2003. Her consistent performances at events resulted in her breaking into the world's top 100 in 2006 and she earned semi-final finishes at the NSC Tour 12 No2 and the Taiwan Open the following year. Her first Tour title came at the Indian Challenger No.4 in 2010 and she went on to pick up the China Open and the Chairman's Cup in September of that year. She made it into the top 20 in the world in 2011, when she beat Aisling Blake in the final of the Macau Open to lift the crown and defeated the number one seed Rachael Grinham to take home the Challenge Cup title a year later.

On 7 October 2013, at the 2013 East Asian Games in Tianjin, China, Joey Chan defeated China's Li Dongjin 3-1 for the women's singles title in squash.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=8&art_id=138259&sid=40568390&con_type=1&d_str=20131008&fc=2 |title=Squash pair put HK on gold medal table |date=8 October 2013 |newspaper=The Standard (Hong Kong) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610201300/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=8&art_id=138259&sid=40568390&con_type=1&d_str=20131008&fc=2 |archivedate=10 June 2015 }}</ref> Various runner-up finishes followed for Chan over the next few years before she ended her 2014/15 season by lifting the NZ International Classic in June 2015 with a win over Misaki Kobayashi in the main event.

Chan returned to the world's top 20 in August 2016. In December 2016, Chan and fellow Hong Kong teammates captured the bronze medal in World Women's Team Championships by beating the Malaysia Team to get into the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.squashsite.co.uk/2016/wwt2016.htm |title=WSF Women's World Champs |website=Squash site |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> In 2017, Chan became the first Hong Kong player reaches the final of the World Games and bagged a Silver medal in the women's single event.

In 2018, she was part of the Hong Kong team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsquash.org/france-hong-kong-gatecrash-world-team-semis-in-dalian/ |title=France & Hong Kong gatecrash World Team Semis in Dalian |website=World Squash |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref> Also in 2018, she captured the women's team gold medal in the 18th Asian Games.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/squash/event/squash-women-team/|title=Squash - Women's Team {{!}} Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang|website=Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920195910/https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/squash/event/squash-women-team/|archive-date=2018-09-20|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://wsfwomensteams.com/draws/|title=DRAWS & RESULTS|date=2014-12-01|work=WSF Women's World Teams|access-date=2018-09-30|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Major achievements == thumb|left|150px|Chan during the 18th Asian Games '''2017''' * 10th Wroclaw World Games - Women's singles - '''Silver Medal'''

'''2018''' * 18th Asian Games Women's team - '''gold medal''' * 2018 World Women's Team Championships - '''bronze medal''' * 2018 Asian Team Championships - Women's team - '''gold medal''' * 2018 Hong Kong Squash Championships - Women's singles - '''silver medal'''

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{PSA|new_id=joey-chan|name=Joey Chan|old_id=7876|archive=20210621090831}} * {{WISPA|T00641}} * {{Squash Info|912|Joey Chan}} * {{World Games|name=Joey Chan}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Joey}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Hong Kong female squash players Category:Asian Games gold medalists in squash Category:Asian Games silver medalists in squash Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in squash Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Hong Kong Category:Asian Games squash players for Hong Kong Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Hong Kong Category:Squash players at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Squash players at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Squash players at the 2018 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Category:World Games medalists in squash Category:World Games silver medalists for Hong Kong Category:Competitors at the 2009 World Games Category:Medalists at the 2017 World Games