Sophia Ho Jin Wen

Name: Sophia Ho

Name in Chinese/Tamil Character: 何锦雯

Date of birth: 12-19-2006

Height: 154 cm

Current School: Singapore Sports School

Age began gymnastics and reason for starting: 9 years old, I wanted to try a new sport.

Current Club: National Training Centre

Current Coach: Irina Bessmertnaya

Favourite apparatus: Depends

Favourite skill: Penche pivot

Most difficult skill to learn so far: Hard risks

Personal Best Recorded and the Event in which it was recorded: Zhong Ling Cup 2019

Major Sporting Achievements:

• Competing at the Junior Asian Championships
• Competing at 2021 South-East Asian Games 
• Competing at 2022 Commonwealth Games

Competition Experience: 

• Commonwealth Games: 2022
• Asian Games: 2022

Sporting motto or saying: Let it flow

Most admired sports person: Yana Kudryatseva

Who is your favourite gymnast and why? Yana Kudryatseva and Alina Maksymenko.

Favourite music: Mr Blue Sky by Allison Young

Favourite movie: Mamamia

My favourite local dish:  Yong Tao Fu

My main support group: Family and friends.

If I was not an athlete, I would like to be... A dancer

Top 3 items in my bucket list includes... Living in a van, going to Australia and bungee jumping.

I love to hang out at... because... The Park near my house as it is very peaceful.

One interesting fact that most people do not know about me is... I am good at writing.

Any other pre-competition routines that you practice besides warm up? When there are two people before my turn to go up onto the competition mat, I will say a few sentences to encourage myself.

What is the greatest challenge you have faced in your sporting career? How did you overcome that?

Injuries. As it takes a while for injuries to heal, it is important to be patient and take good care of it.