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

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
?-?
South Korea Hankuk Physical Univ.[1]
?-?
South Korea Korean N. College[2]
1995–2004
Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur
2004–2006
Switzerland K. Schaffhausen
2006–2007
Switzerland Wacker Thun
2007–2009
Germany HBW Balingen
2009–2010
South Korea Incheon DTC
National team 1
Years Team
1989–2008
 South Korea
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima Team Competition
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 13 January 2009
Cho Chi-hyo
Hangul
조치효
Revised RomanizationJo Chihyo
McCune–ReischauerCho Ch'ihyo

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.

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