Bang Sin-hye (; born 13 May 1967) is a South Korean hurdler. She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. Bang began participating in track as a student at the Gyeongsan Girls' Middle School. She went on to attend Gyeongsan Girls' High School and

Kyungpook National University Kyungpook National University (경북대학교, abbreviated as KNU or Kyungdae, 경대) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities representing Daegu Metropolitan City and Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea. It is located in the Dae ...

. Her personal best of 13.63 seconds in the women's 100m hurdles, which she set on 7 May 1988 at the 42nd National University Track Championships, stood as South Korea's national record for 16 years until it was broken by Lee Yeon-kyung on 24 September 2004. After the Olympics and her university graduation, she represented the city of

Daegu Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...

in South Korean national competitions. She came in first place in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.59 seconds at the 72nd National Track Championships in June 1990. She later retired from sport and became a teacher at Daegu No. 1 Science High School. She joined the board of directors of the Daegu Sports Council in 2016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bang, Sin-hye 1967 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics South Korean female hurdlers Olympic athletes for South Korea Place of birth missing (living people) Kyungpook National University alumni