Yao Ximing
{{family name hatnote | Yao (姚) | lang=Chinese }}
{{Infobox badminton player
| name = Yao Ximing
姚喜明
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|09|15}}
| birth_place = Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
| event = Men’s doubles
| country = China
| years_active = 1979-1985
| handedness = Right
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{{MedalSport| Men's badminton }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Games }}
{{MedalGold | 1981 Santa Clara | Men's doubles }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 1979 Hangzhou | Men's doubles }}
{{MedalGold | 1979 Hangzhou | Men's team }}
{{MedalCompetition | Thomas Cup }}
{{MedalGold | 1982 London | Men's doubles }}
{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }}
{{MedalGold | 1982 New Delhi | Men's team }}
{{MedalCompetition | Asian Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 1976 Hyderabad | Men's doubles }}
{{MedalSilver | 1976 Hyderabad | Men's team }}
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Yao Ximing ({{zh|s=姚喜明|p=Yao Ximing}}; born September 15, 1956) is a former badminton player from China and current coach at the Vancouver Racquet Club in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Career
A doubles specialist, Yao and partner Sun Zhian captured the men's doubles title at the 1979 World Championships in Hangzhou run by the short-lived World Badminton Federation, a China-led organization then in competition with the older International Badminton Federation. When the political complaints against the International Badminton Federation were resolved, Yao and Sun won men's doubles at the 1981 World Games in Santa Clara, California, the first major IBF sanctioned tournament in which China's players participated.Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 111. In 1982 Yao and Sun helped China wrest the coveted Thomas Cup (men's world team trophy) from Indonesia, by defeating Indonesia's Kartono and Heryanto and thus gaining the critical fifth point in a best of nine match series.Craig Reedie, "Thomas Cup Report," World Badminton, June 1982, 2, 3. Yao and Sun participated in the 1983 IBF World Championships in Copenhagen but they were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Yao later migrated to the USA where he coached and played, winning the 1986 U.S. Open men's doubles with former Pakistani star Tariq Wadood. A few years later he moved to Canada where he became a coach at the Vancouver Racquet Club.
Achievements
= World Championships =
Men's doubles
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! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
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| align="center" | 1979 | align="left" | Hangzhou, | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Zhian | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Luan Jin | align="left" | 15–9, 15–3 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold |
= World Games =
Men's doubles
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! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
| style="background:#F3E6D7"
| align="center" | 1981 | align="left" | San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Zhian | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Stefan Karlsson | align="left" | 12–15, 15–4, 15–6 |style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold |
= Asian Championships =
Men's doubles
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! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
| style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | 1976 | align="left" | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Zhian | align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Ade Chandra | align="left" | Walkover | style="text-align:left; background:white"|Silver Silver |
= Invitational tournament =
Men's doubles
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! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
| style="background:#FFE0AF"
| align="center" | 1977 | align="left" | Asian Invitational Championships | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Zhian | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Hou Jiachang | align="left" | Walkover | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze |
References
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{{Footer World Champions Badminton Doubles Men}}
{{Footer Thomas Cup Champions Badminton Team Men}}
{{Footer Asian Games Champions Badminton Team Men}}
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Category:Chinese male badminton players
Category:Chinese badminton coaches
Category:Asian Games medalists in badminton
Category:Asian Games gold medalists for China
Category:Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
Category:World Games medalists in badminton
Category:World Games gold medalists for China
Category:Medalists at the 1981 World Games
Category:Badminton players from Guangdong