Cho Chi-hyo (; born December 6, 1970, in

Incheon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...

, South Korea) is a South Korean former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player. Cho was a runner-up for top goal scorer (45 goals in 6 games) at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

held in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

, Spain, where the

South Korea men's national handball team The South Korea national handball team is the national handball team of South Korea and is controlled by the Korea Handball Federation. Competitive record Champions Runners-up Olympic Games World Champ ...

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 The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

, 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 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten is a handball club from the city of Balingen, Germany, though they occasionally play in Stuttgart. The team currently plays in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's second highest handball division. History The clu ...

in the Handball-Bundesliga. In 2008, he was selected for the

at the age of 38, and led his team to the quarterfinals of the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, China.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cho, Chi-hyo 1970 births Living people Olympic handball players for South Korea Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Germany South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland South Korean handball coaches South Korean male handball players Expatriate handball players Asian Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 1990 Asian Games Handball players at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Sportspeople from Incheon Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games 20th-century South Korean people Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games