| Tin-Tin Ho | |
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| Personal information | |
| Nationality | British |
| Residence | London |
| Born | 3 September 1998 London, England |
| Playing style | Penholder |
| Highest ranking | 93 (December 2020) |
| Current ranking | 93 [1] |
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb; 7.9 st) |
Medal record | |
Tin-Tin Ho (born 3 September 1998) is an English table tennis player, born and raised in London. [2] She has won multiple national titles, as well as two Commonwealth silver medals, and appeared at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
She competed for England in the mixed doubles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won a silver medal with partner Liam Pitchford. [3] [4]
In March 2016, at the age of 17, she won her first national women's singles title, when she also retained the women's doubles and mixed doubles titles. [5]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Ho and Pitchford repeated their silver medal from four years earlier [6] and she was also part of the England squad which won team bronze, alongside Kelly Sibley, Maria Tsaptsinos and Denise Payet. [7]
In qualifying for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, Ho became the first British woman since Atlanta 1996 to qualify for an Olympic games in the single's table tennis event. [8] She lost in the first round to Manika Batra of India. [9]
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