# Minnie Soo

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traditional Chinese: [蘇](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%98%87)[慧](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%85%A7)[音](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%9F%B3); simplified Chinese: 苏慧音; pinyin: *Sū Huìyīn*; Jyutping: *Sou1 Wai6 Jam1* **Minnie Soo Wai Yam** (traditional Chinese: 蘇慧音, born 13 April 1998) is a [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) [table tennis](/source/Table_tennis) player. In 2018, she won bronze in the women’s team event at the [World Championship](/source/2018_World_Table_Tennis_Championships) and the [Asian Games](/source/2018_Asian_Games). Later at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics), she also won a bronze medal in the women’s team event with [Doo Hoi Kem](/source/Doo_Hoi_Kem) and [Lee Ho Ching](/source/Lee_Ho_Ching).[3]

## Early life and education

Soo is the daughter of former Hong Kong table tennis player [Soo Chun-wah](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Hong_Kong_University_of_Science_and_Technology), majoring physics.[5]

## Career

### 2021

At the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics), Soo, as well as her teammates [Doo Hoi Kem](/source/Doo_Hoi_Kem) and [Lee Ho Ching](/source/Lee_Ho_Ching), qualified for the [women’s team](/source/Table_tennis_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_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

- [Hong Kong at the 2020 Summer Olympics](/source/Hong_Kong_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics)

## References

1. ["スー ワイ ヤム ミニー（蘇 慧音）"](https://tleague.jp/team/nipponpaint-mallets/player/?season=2019&pno=7) (in Japanese). *[T.League](/source/T.League)*. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

1. ["ITTF World Ranking - Soo Wai Yam Minnie"](https://ranking.ittf.com/#/players/profile/115037/stats). *[ITTF](/source/International_Table_Tennis_Federation)*. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

1. Yamamitsu, Eimi (5 August 2021). ["Table Tennis-Hong Kong bags first women's team bronze"](https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/table-tennis-hong-kong-bags-first-womens-team-bronze-2021-08-05/). *Reuters*. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

1. ["Lee Ho-ching and Minnie Soo drop out of school and win Olympic medal"](https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/18/178332/Lee-Ho-ching-and-Minnie-Soo-drop-out-of-school-and-win-Olympic-medal). The Standard. 2021-08-05.

1. ["東奧摘銅蘇慧音10年後重返校園 9月入讀科大物理"](https://www.inmediahk.net/node/%E9%AB%94%E8%82%B2/%E6%9D%B1%E5%A5%A7%E6%91%98%E9%8A%85%E8%98%87%E6%85%A7%E9%9F%B310%E5%B9%B4%E5%BE%8C%E9%87%8D%E8%BF%94%E6%A0%A1%E5%9C%92-9%E6%9C%88%E5%85%A5%E8%AE%80%E7%A7%91%E5%A4%A7%E7%89%A9%E7%90%86) (in zh-hk). inmediahk.net. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

## External links

- [Minnie Soo](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/143577) at Olympedia

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