Born in Penang, Ho started wushu at the age of 12 under Chiong Ah Chaw.[2][3] At the age of 18, he moved to Kuala Lumpur to train under Chin Hoong Yip and joined the first full-time Malaysian Wushu Team in 2000.[3]
Ho's international debut was at the 1996 Asian Wushu Championships where he won the bronze medal in nanquan. A year later, he competed in the 1997 SEA Games and won a silver medal in qiangshu and a bronze medal in nanquan.[4] At the 1998 Asian Games, he won a bronze medal in men's nanquan as part of a three-way tie.[5] He then competed in the 1999 World Wushu Championships where he became the first world champion in nandao.[6] Ahead of the 2001 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, Ho considered retiring from wushu and becoming a coach.[4] At the event, he won gold medals in nanquan and nandao/nangun combined and thus withdrew his retirement plans.[7]
A year later, Ho won the gold medal in men's nanquan at the 2002 Asian Games.[8][9][10] He was then voted to be Olympian of the Year by the Olympic Council of Malaysia.[11][12] At the 2003 World Wushu Championships, Ho won the silver medal in nanquan and the bronze medal in nangun.[13] He then won the gold medal in nandao and the silver medal in nanquan at the 2004 Asian Wushu Championships.[14] A year later, Ho competed in the 2005 SEA Games and won the silver medal in nanquan.[15] His last major competition was then at the 2005 World Wushu Championships where he was once again the world champion in nandao.[16]
In 2006, Ho announced his retirement from competitive wushu. The following year, he starred in Kinta 1881 which is viewed as Malaysia's first martial arts film.[3] He also opened his own wushu school, the Ho Ro Bin Wushu Centre.[17]
