Bang Sin-hye (Korean: 방신혜; born 13 May 1967) is a South Korean hurdler. She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Bang began participating in track as a student at the Gyeongsan Girls' Middle School.^{[n 1][2]} She went on to attend Gyeongsan Girls' High School^{[n 2]} and Kyungpook National University.^[2][3] 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,^{[n 3]} stood as South Korea's national record for 16 years until it was broken by Lee Yeon-kyung on 24 September 2004.^[2][3] After the Olympics and her university graduation, she represented the city of Daegu 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^{[n 4]} in June 1990.^[4] She later retired from sport and became a teacher at Daegu No. 1 Science High School.^{[n 5]} She joined the board of directors of the Daegu Sports Council in 2016.^[3]

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