Yao Ximing (; born September 15, 1956) is a former

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player from

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and current coach at the Vancouver Racquet Club in

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, B.C.,

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Career

A doubles specialist, Yao and partner

Sun Zhian Sun Zhian (; born 1956) is a Chinese former badminton player and coach. He is the gold medalist in World Games in 1981 and a former World Champion. Early life and career Sun Zhian was born in 1956 in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. In 1970, 14-year- ...

captured the men's doubles title at the 1979 World Championships in

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run by the short-lived

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, 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

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, the first major IBF sanctioned tournament in which

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players participated. In

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Yao and Sun helped

wrest the coveted Thomas Cup (men's world team trophy) from

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, 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

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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

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. A few years later he moved to Canada where he became a coach at the Vancouver Racquet Club.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

World Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Invitational tournament

''Men's doubles''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yao, Ximing 1956 births Living people Chinese male badminton players Chinese badminton coaches Asian Games medalists in badminton Asian Games gold medalists for China Badminton players at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games World Games medalists in badminton World Games gold medalists Competitors at the 1981 World Games Badminton players from Guangdong People from Zhanjiang