Ho Yen Mei (born 29 April 1996) is a Malaysian badminton player who competes in the singles category. She won the women's singles title at the BWF Tour Super 100 2018 Russian Open. Ho won 2015 Polish International in the women's singles. Ho was also the part of the Malaysia team to win the women's team silver at the 2015 and 2017 SEA Games.

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Ho Yen Mei 何艳美
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 28)
Residence	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Handedness	Right
Coach	Wong Tat Meng and Rony Agustinus[2]
Women's singles
Highest ranking	54 (13 October 2016)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Malaysia SEA Games 2015 Singapore Women's team 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
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Ho was born on 29 April 1996 to her father, Albert Ho.^[3] When she was young, her family used to go to the Pandan Lake Club.^[3] Her mother would take her for swimming classes while her father played badminton.^[3] After swimming classes, she and her mother would wait for her father. Yen Mei then started playing badminton with her father and his friends.^[3] A year later, she signed up for badminton classes. She got a place at the Bukit Jalil Sports School when she was Form Three.^[3]

Ho has said that she would have become a swimmer if not for her father, and that she has no regrets taking up badminton whilst she still favours swimming.^[3]