Cho Chi-hyo

South Korean handball player (born 1970)

In this Korean name, the family name is  Cho.

Cho Chi-hyo

Personal information
Born|  (1970-12-06) December 6, 1970 (age 53)
Incheon, South Korea
Nationality|  South Korea
Height|  1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Senior clubs
Years|  Team

?-?

|  Hankuk Physical Univ.[1]

?-?

|  Korean N. College[2]

1995–2004

|  Pfadi Winterthur

2004–2006

|  K. Schaffhausen

2006–2007

|  Wacker Thun

2007–2009

|  HBW Balingen

2009–2010

|  Incheon DTC
National team 1
Years|  Team

1989–2008

|  South Korea

Medal record

Asian Games
|  1994 Hiroshima | Team Competition

1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 13 January 2009
Cho Chi-hyo

Hangul|

조치효

Revised Romanization| Jo Chihyo
McCune–Reischauer| Cho Ch'ihyo

Cho Chi-hyo (Korean: 조치효; born December 6, 1970, in Incheon, South Korea) is a South Korean former handball player.

Cho was a runner-up for top goal scorer (45 goals in 6 games) at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain, where the South Korea men's national handball team finished in the 6th place. He was eventually named to the All-Star Team of the competition.

After winning a gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan, he moved to the Swiss Handball League in October 1994. For 13 years in Switzerland, he led his teams to the league champions eight times, winning two scoring titles and one league MVP.

In 2007, Cho moved to Germany to play for HBW Balingen-Weilstetten in the Handball-Bundesliga. In 2008, he was selected for the South Korea men's national handball team at the age of 38, and led his team to the quarterfinals of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

## References

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1. ^ 1990 Korea team
2. ^ 1993 Korea team

## External links

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* Cho Chi-hyo on Cyworld (in Korean)