Ng Mui Wui

Ng Mui Wui
Born (1997-03-31) March 31, 1997 (age 27)
British Hong Kong[1]
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight42 kg (93 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Disability class11
Highest ranking2 (September 2019)[3]
Current ranking2
Medal record
Women's para table tennis
Representing  Hong Kong
Summer Paralympics
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles C11
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bratislava Teams C11
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Lasko Singles C11
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Singles C11
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Teams C11
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Singles C11
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Singles C11
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Beijing Teams C11
Gold medal – first place 2019 Taichung Singles C11
Silver medal – second place 2015 Amman Singles C11
Silver medal – second place 2019 Taichung Teams C11
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Beijing Singles C11
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Beijing Singles C11
Ng Mui Wui
Traditional Chinese吳玫薈
Simplified Chinese吴玫荟
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Méihuì
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingNg4 Mui4 Wui6
In this Chinese name, the family name is Ng.

Ng Mui Wui (Chinese: 吳玫薈, born 31 March 1997) is a para table tennis player from Hong Kong. She won a bronze at the women's Class 11 singles event held at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Ng has congenital intellectual disability.[4][1]

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 represent Hong Kong at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, where she advanced until 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.[4][1][5]

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.[1][6] At the World Para Team Championships held the same year, her team secured the second position.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ng Mui Wui". International Paralympic Table Tennis Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Ng Mui Wui". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Ng Mui Wui Ranking history". ITTF. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  4. ^ a b "Table Tennis: Ng Mui Wui". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  5. ^ "CE hails medal winners". Government of Hong Kong. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Almost out in first stage, Nathan Pellissier records landmark win". International Table Tennis Federation. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  7. ^ "European success at the World Team Championships in Bratislava". European Table Tennis Union. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.