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Ho Chiu-mei

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Ho Chiu-mei
Country (sports) Chinese Taipei
Born (1962-09-10) 10 September 1962 (age 62)
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 751 (21 Sep 1992)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 661 (8 Mar 1993)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Hiroshima Women's team
Summer Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place 2017 Samsun Women's Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2009 Taipei Women's Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sofia Women's Singles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sofia Women's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Taipei Women's Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Samsun Women's Singles

Ho Chiu-mei (Chinese: 何秋美; born 10 September 1962)[1] is a Taiwanese former professional tennis player.

Ho comes from the city of Chiayi in southwestern Taiwan and is the youngest of five siblings. She took up tennis in sixth grade, encouraged by her physical education teacher who thought her build would suit a tennis player.[2]

Debuting in 1978, Ho played on and off for the Chinese Taipei Federation Cup team over 16-years, featuring in a total of 24 ties, for four singles and six doubles wins. She also represented Chinese Taipei at the 1994 Asian Games and won a bronze medal in the team event.[2]

Ho, who won eight successive national championships, began to have hearing loss in the 1990s, which was a hereditary condition in her family. When her hearing got bad enough that she could no longer hear the racket hit the ball she had to give up professional tennis.[2]

In 2009 she represented Chinese Taipei at the Summer Deaflympics being hosted in her home country. She partnered with one of her elder sisters, Ho Chiu-hsiang, in the doubles event and they claimed a silver medal.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "1994 廣島亞運會". 中華奧林匹克委員會. 中華奧林匹克委員會. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Hsu, Jenny W. (12 September 2009). "Golden girls aiming for Deaflympics tennis gold". Taipei Times.
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