Cho Chi-Hyo

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Cho Chi-Hyo
Personal information
Born December 6, 1970 (1970-12-06) (age 41)
Incheon, South Korea
Nationality  South Korea
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Right Back
Club information
Current club Flag of Germany.svg HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
Senior clubs
1994-2004
2004-2006
2006-2007
2007-
Flag of Switzerland.svg Pfadi Winterthur
Flag of Switzerland.svg K. Schaffhausen
Flag of Switzerland.svg Wacker Thun
Flag of Germany.svg HBW Balingen
National team 1
1989-  South Korea
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 13 January 2009

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.

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