SOO Wai Yam Minnie

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	4R	3R	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	3
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	3R	3R	-
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	5

Asian Games

Year	Location	Team
2018	Indonesia	3

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Team
2019	Yogyakarta, INA	2R	QF	7
2017	Wuxi, CHN	3R	Last 16	3

ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

Year	Location	Doubles W
2019	Zhengzhou, CHN	QF
2018	Incheon, KOR	QF
2017	Astana, KAZ	QF

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Singles	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2020	Doubles W	-	-	1x	2x	-	-	-
2019	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	4x	-
2019	Doubles W	-	-	1x	5x	4x	-	-
2018	Singles	-	-	-	-	1x	1x	-
2018	Doubles W	-	-	1x	5x	3x	-	-
2017	Singles	-	-	-	-	1x	4x	-
2017	Doubles W	-	-	2x	1x	4x	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
3	2020	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
3	2019	Doubles	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong, CHN
3	2018	Doubles	German Open	Bremen, GER
3	2017	Doubles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER
3	2017	Doubles	Indian Open	New Delhi, IND
Quarterfinal	2020	Doubles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
Quarterfinal	2020	Doubles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	German Open	Bremen, GER
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Japan Open	Sapporo, JPN
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	China Open	Shenzhen, CHN
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	Korea Open	Incheon, KOR
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	Japan Open	Kitakyushu, JPN
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	China Open	Shenzhen, CHN
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong, CHN
Quarterfinal	2018	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Quarterfinal	2017	Doubles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2016	Cape Town, RSA	3R	3	3R	3

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Reading, writing, drawing, singing. (sports.sina.com.cn, 25 Jan 2019)

Athlete

Cantonese, English, Mandarin

Chan Kong Wah [national], HKG

Right (hksi.org.hk, 17 Feb 2016; tabletennis.guide, 01 Jan 2018)

Her father Soo Chun Wah has represented Hong Kong, China in table tennis and has run a training centre. (upower.com.hk, 17 May 2017; sportsroad.hk, 02 Jun 2021; Soo Chun Wah Table Tennis Training Centre Facebook page, 22 Jun 2021)

In 2020 she spent two months on a restricted training regime due to a waist injury. She returned to regular training in June that year, and began competing again in October. (HKTTA Facebook page, 07 Oct 2020; Instagram profile, 15 Oct 2020, 05 Jun 2020)

She began playing table tennis at about age three or four. (upower.com.hk, 17 May 2017)

She was taught to play table tennis by her father, Soo Chun Wah. She became a full-time athlete at age 15. "I loved the sound of table tennis when I was young. What attracts me most is the exhilaration of speed and the variations in speed, power and spin." (sportsroad.hk, 02 Jun 2021; scmp.com, 21 Jan 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (hk.sports.yahoo.com, 18 May 2021; sportsroad.hk, 02 Jun 2021)

Chinese table tennis player Ding Ning. (xuehua.us, 05 May 2018)

"Fight passionately for everything that you love. There's nothing stronger than determination and passion combined." (Instagram profile, 03 Apr 2021)