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{{family name hatnote | [[Yao (surname)|Yao]] (姚) | lang=Chinese }}
{{Infobox badminton player
| name = Yao Ximing<br />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
| coach = 
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{{MedalSport| Men's [[badminton]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton at the World Games|World Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1981 Santa Clara | Men's doubles }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[BWF World Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1979 WBF World Championships|1979 Hangzhou]] | Men's doubles }}
{{MedalGold | 1979 Hangzhou | Men's team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Thomas Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1982 Thomas Cup|1982 London]] | Men's doubles }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Badminton at the 1982 Asian Games|1982 New Delhi]] | Men's team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton Asia Championships|Asian Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1976 Asian Badminton Championships|1976 Hyderabad]] | Men's doubles }}
{{MedalSilver | 1976 Hyderabad | Men's team }}
}}

'''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 national badminton team|China's]] players participated.<ref>Pat Davis, The ''Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 111.</ref> In [[1982 Thomas Cup|1982]] Yao and Sun helped [[China national badminton team|China]] wrest the coveted [[Thomas Cup]] (men's world team trophy) from [[Indonesia national badminton team|Indonesia]], by defeating Indonesia's [[Hariamanto Kartono|Kartono]] and [[Rudy Heryanto|Heryanto]] and thus gaining the critical fifth point in a best of nine match series.<ref>Craig Reedie, "Thomas Cup Report," ''World Badminton'', June 1982, 2, 3.</ref> 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 Badminton Championships|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''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Venue
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|-
|- style="background:#F3E6D7"
| align="center" | [[1979 WBF World Championships|1979]]
| align="left" | [[Hangzhou]], <br/>[[China]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Zhian]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Luan Jin]]<br> {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yu Yaodong]]
| align="left" | 15–9, 15–3
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold'''
|}

=== World Games ===

''Men's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Venue
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#F3E6D7"
| align="center" | [[Badminton at the World Games|1981]]
| align="left" | [[San Jose Civic|San Jose Civic Auditorium]], [[California]], United States
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Zhian]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stefan Karlsson (badminton)|Stefan Karlsson]]<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Thomas Kihlström]]
| align="left" | 12–15, 15–4, 15–6
|style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold'''
|}

=== Asian Championships ===

''Men's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Venue
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|-
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | [[1976 Asian Badminton Championships|1976]]
| align="left" | [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad]], <br/> [[India]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Zhian]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Ade Chandra]]<br>{{flagicon|INA}} [[Tjun Tjun]]
| align="left" | Walkover
| style="text-align:left; background:white"|[[File:Med_2.png|Silver]] '''Silver'''
|}

=== Invitational tournament ===

''Men's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
! Year
! Tournament
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|-
|- style="background:#FFE0AF"
| align="center" | [[1977 Asian Invitational Badminton Championships|1977]]
| align="left" | Asian Invitational Championships
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Zhian]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Hou Jiachang]] <br/>{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yu Yaodong]]
| align="left" | Walkover
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med_3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{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 gold medalists for China]]
[[Category:Asian Games badminton players 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]]
[[Category:20th-century Chinese sportsmen]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Zhanjiang]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in badminton]]