Sim Myeong-hui (born 12 October 1925) is a South Korean former sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee initially chose Sim to represent the country in the trap event at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

, but in the end he did not participate. He worked for Daidong Transport, and represented the company at South Korea's Workplace Defense Shooting Championships in 1959, coming in first place in first place in the individual division. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he did not progress to the finals. In 1965 when the Korean Shooting Association split off separate associations for rifle and trap shooting, he became a member of the board of directors of the trap shooting association. Sim also enjoyed fishing and cooking. He was one of the founding members of the

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

Central Fishing Association in 1967, and became its first vice-president.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sim, Myeong-hui 1925 births Possibly living people South Korean male sport shooters Olympic shooters of South Korea Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sport shooters from Seoul 20th-century South Korean people 21st-century South Korean people