Ng Mui Wui

Ng Mui Wui
Nationality  Hong Kong
Born (1997-03-31) March 31, 1997

Ng Mui Wui (born 31 March 1997) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong. She won a bronze at the Women's individual – Class 11 event held at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Early life

Ng was born on 31 March 1997 in Hong Kong and has congenital intellectual disability.[1][2]

Career

Ng's first table tennis tournament was the 2011 Asian and Oceanic Championships. She won a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Para Games's individual Class 11 event. Later, she went on to represented Hong Kong at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, where she advanced till the semifinals of Women's individual – Class 11 event but lost to Natalia Kosmina of Ukraine. In the bronze medal match she defeated Wong Ka Man of her own country and secured the first medal for Hong Kong at the 2016 Paralympics.[1][2][3]

In 2017 she won gold metals at the 4th Taichung Open for the Disabled's women's TT11 category and the team event of Asian Para Table Tennis Championships.[2][4] At the World Para Team Championships held the same year, her team secured the second position.[5] As of November 2017, Ng ranked fifth in the International Paralympic Table Tennis Committee rankings.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Table Tennis: Ng Mui Wui". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ng Mui Wui". International Paralympic Table Tennis Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "CE hails medal winners". Government of Hong Kong. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Almost out in first stage, Nathan Pellissier records landmark win". International Table Tennis Federation. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "European success at the World Team Championships in Bratislava". European Table Tennis Union. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
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