Cho Chi-hyo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
December 6, 1970 Incheon, South Korea | ||
| Nationality |
 South Korea | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Manager (Former Right Back) | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club |
IDTC Handball Club | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| 1994–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009 2009–2010 |
 Pfadi Winterthur K. Schaffhausen Wacker Thun HBW Balingen Incheon DTC | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| 1989–2010 |
South Korea | ||
Medal record
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 13 January 2009 | |||
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| Cho Chi-hyo | |
| Hangul | 조치효 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Jo Chihyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Cho Ch'ihyo |
Cho Chi-hyo (born December 6, 1970 in Incheon, South Korea) is a South Korean handball player who is current playing for HBW Balingen-Weilstetten in the Handball-Bundesliga.[1]
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 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 national handball team at the age of 38, and led his team to the quarterfinals of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
References
- ↑ The players' profiles in the HBW Balingen-Weilstetten official site (Retrieved on June 30, 2008)