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

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Cho Chi-hyo
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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

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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.