María Xiao

{{short description|Spanish table tennis player (born 1994)}}

{{EngvarB|date=June 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Xiao|Yao|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox table tennis player

| name = María Xiao

| image = 20220818 European Championships Munich 2022 María Xiao 850 0142.jpg

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| caption = Xiao representing Spain in 2022

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| fullname = María Xiao Yao

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| nationality = {{POR}} (before 2012)
{{ESP}} (after 2012)

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|5|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Calella, Spain

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| death_place =

| height = 1.75m

| weight = 64kg

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| playingstyle = Left-handed shakehand grip

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| hrank = 54 (November 2018){{cite web |url=https://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=details&formid=99&Itemid=266&rowid=111072&resetfilters=1 |title=Player profile - XIAO Maria |website=International Table Tennis Federation |accessdate=26 October 2019 |archive-date=15 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215035141/https://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=details&formid=99&Itemid=266&rowid=111072&resetfilters=1 |url-status=dead}}

| crank = 68 (December 2019)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's table tennis }}

{{MedalCountry | {{ESP}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Linz |Mixed doubles}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Munich |Doubles}}

{{MedalBronze|2024 Linz|Singles}}

{{MedalCompetition |Mediterranean Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2018 Tarragona|Team}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Oran|Singles}}

| show-medals = yes

}}

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María Xiao Yao{{cite web |url=https://minsk2019.by/en/tsrd/athletes/8904055 |title=Xiao Yao Maria |website=2019 European Games |accessdate=11 December 2019}} (born 19 May 1994) is a Spanish table tennis player. Born in Calella to Chinese parents, Xiao Daili and Yao Li, who were themselves professional table-tennis players that have emigrated from China to Spain to seek better opportunities in the sports.{{cite web |url=https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/deportes/mas-deportes/201410/25/cuando-rival-hija-20141025010755-v.html |title=Cuando tu rival es tu hija |website=La Verdad |language=es |date=3 November 2014 |accessdate=28 November 2021}} Xiao was raised in Madeira, Portugal when her parents moved there.{{cite web |url=http://yojuegocomounamujer.com/player/maria-xiao/ |title=Player Profile - María Xiao |website=Real Federación Española de Tenis de Mesa |language=es |accessdate=26 October 2019 |archive-date=26 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026172438/http://yojuegocomounamujer.com/player/maria-xiao/ |url-status=dead}} She represented Portugal before 2012 and Spain afterwards.{{cite web |url=https://www.record.pt/modalidades/tenis-de-mesa/detalhe/maria-xiao-deixa-de-representar-portugal-749750 |title=Maria Xiao deixa de representar Portugal |language=pt |newspaper=Record |date=3 April 2012 |accessdate=26 October 2019}}

She was Portugal's reserve player for the 2012 Summer Olympics{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/maria-xiao |title=Maria Xiao |website=Olympic.org |publisher=International Olympic Committee |accessdate=26 October 2019 |archive-date=26 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026172433/https://www.olympic.org/maria-xiao |url-status=dead}} and she later represented Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics