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 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1979 Hangzhou, China Sun Zhian Luan Jin Yu Yaodong 15–9, 15–3 Gold
World Games
Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1981 San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States Sun Zhian Stefan Karlsson Thomas Kihlström 12–15, 15–4, 15–6 Gold
Asian Championships
Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1976 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India Sun Zhian Ade Chandra Tjun Tjun Walkover Silver
Invitational tournament
Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1977 Asian Invitational Championships Sun Zhian Hou Jiachang Yu Yaodong Walkover Bronze
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