Yao Ximing
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Birth name | 姚喜明 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China | September 15, 1956||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 1979-1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Men’s Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yao Ximing (Chinese: 姚喜明; pinyin: 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 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.[1] 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.[2] 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 . A few years later he moved to Canada where he became a coach at the Vancouver Racquet Club.
Achievements[]
World Championships[]
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1979 | Hangzhou, China |
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15–9, 15–3 | ![]() |
World Games[]
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1981 | San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States | ![]() |
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12–15, 15–4, 15–6 | ![]() |
Asian Championships[]
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1976 | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India |
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Invitational tournament[]
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1977 | Asian Invitational Championships | ![]() |
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References[]
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Chinese male badminton players
- Chinese badminton coaches
- Badminton players from Guangdong
- People from Zhanjiang
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games
- World Games gold medalists
- Competitors at the 1981 World Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games