Ockert Cilliers
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Ockert Cilliers (born 21 April 1981) is a South African 400 m hurdler. Born in Vanderbijlpark, Cilliers now lives in Sydney (Australia). He is 1.84 m tall and weighs 74 kg.
His athletics career started in 1996 at school, where he also played rugby union. The rugby coach forced all players to take part in athletics as well. Cilliers chose 200m and 300m hurdles, and hurdling quickly became his primary interest.
He is a member of the Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club in Turkey.[1][2]
His current coach is Dr. Ria van den Berg.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 3rd | 400m hurdles | 50.58 |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 17th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 49.32 |
10th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.05 | |||
2004 | African Championships | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 3rd | 400m hurdles | 49.58 |
Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 16th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 49.01 | |
– | 4 × 400 m relay | DNF | |||
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 13th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.64 |
2007 | Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 49.36 |
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.44 | |||
2008 | African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 4th | 400m hurdles | 49.93 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.58 |
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