Cho Chi-Hyo is a South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 player who is current playing for HBW Balingen-Weilstetten

HBW Balingen-Weilstetten

HBW Balingen-Weilstetten is a team handball club from Balingen, Germany. Currently, they compete in the German First League of Handball. HBW was founded in 2002, when the TSG Balingen and the TV Weilstetten connected their handball categories...

 in the Handball-Bundesliga.

Cho was a runner-up for top goal scorer (45 goals in 6 games) at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

 held in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, 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

1994 Asian Games

The 1994 Asian Games also known as XII Asiad were held from October 2 to October 16, 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations. It was emphasized by the host because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack in...

 in Hiroshima

Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...

, 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

HBW Balingen-Weilstetten is a team handball club from Balingen, Germany. Currently, they compete in the German First League of Handball. HBW was founded in 2002, when the TSG Balingen and the TV Weilstetten connected their handball categories...

 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

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, China.