Yao Ximing
Yao Ximing 姚喜明 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1956-09-15) September 15, 1956 (age 67) Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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.[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 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1977 | Asian Invitational Championships | Sun Zhian | Hou Jiachang Yu Yaodong | Walkover | Bronze |
References
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- 1977: Tjun Tjun & Johan Wahjudi (INA)
- 1978 (WBF): Hou Jiachang & Yu Yaodong (CHN)
- 1979 (WBF): Sun Zhian & Yao Ximing (CHN)
- 1980: Ade Chandra & Christian Hadinata (INA)
- 1983: Steen Fladberg & Jesper Helledie (DEN)
- 1985: Kim Moon-soo & Park Joo-bong (KOR)
- 1987: Li Yongbo & Tian Bingyi (CHN)
- 1989: Li Yongbo & Tian Bingyi (CHN)
- 1991: Kim Moon-soo & Park Joo-bong (KOR)
- 1993: Rudy Gunawan & Ricky Subagja (INA)
- 1995: Rexy Mainaky & Ricky Subagja (INA)
- 1997: Sigit Budiarto & Candra Wijaya (INA)
- 1999: Ha Tae-kwon & Kim Dong-moon (KOR)
- 2001: Tony Gunawan & Halim Haryanto (INA)
- 2003: Lars Paaske & Jonas Rasmussen (DEN)
- 2005: Howard Bach & Tony Gunawan (USA)
- 2006: Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng (CHN)
- 2007: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan (INA)
- 2009: Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng (CHN)
- 2010: Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng (CHN)
- 2011: Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng (CHN)
- 2013: Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan (INA)
- 2014: Ko Sung-hyun & Shin Baek-cheol (KOR)
- 2015: Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan (INA)
- 2017: Liu Cheng & Zhang Nan (CHN)
- 2018: Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen (CHN)
- 2019: Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan (INA)
- 2021: Takuro Hoki & Yugo Kobayashi (JPN)
- 2022: Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)
- 2023: Kang Min-hyuk & Seo Seung-jae (KOR)