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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[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing South Africa
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	3rd	400m hurdles	50.58
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	17th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.32
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	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
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	–	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
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.44
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	4th	400m hurdles	49.93
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.58

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Ockert Cilliers at World Athletics
Focus on Athletes article from IAAF

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[1] Fenerbahçe won the Turkish Championship

[2] The Champion, Fenerbahçe

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+{{short description|South African hurdler}}
-'''Ockert Cilliers''' (born [[April 21]], [[1981]]) is a [[South Africa]]n 400 m [[hurdler]]. Born in [[Vanderbijlpark]], Cilliers now lives in [[Potchefstroom]] (150 km west of Johannesburg). He is 1.84 m tall and weighs 74 kg.
+{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
+{{Use South African English|date=July 2012}}
+'''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&nbsp;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.
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 His current coach is Dr. Ria van den Berg.
+==Competition record==
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+|-
+!colspan="6"|Representing {{RSA}}
+|-
+|2000
+|[[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
+|[[Santiago]], Chile
+|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
+|400m hurdles
+|[[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|50.58]]
+|-
+|rowspan=2|2003
+|rowspan=2|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
+|rowspan=2|[[Paris]], France
+|17th (sf)
+|400 m hurdles
+|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.32]]
+|-
+|10th (h)
+|4 × 400 m relay
+|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:03.05]]
+|-
+|rowspan=3|2004
+|[[2004 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
+|[[Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo]]
+|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
+|400m hurdles
+|[[2004 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.58]]
+|-
+|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
+|rowspan=2|[[Athens]], Greece
+|16th (sf)
+|400 m hurdles
+|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.01]]
+|-
+| –
+|4 × 400 m relay
+|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|DNF]]
+|-
+|2005
+|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
+|[[Helsinki]], Finland
+|13th (h)
+|4 × 400 m relay
+|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:04.64]]
+|-
+|rowspan=2|2007
+|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
+|rowspan=2|[[Bangkok, Thailand]]
+|4th
+|400 m hurdles
+|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.36]]
+|-
+|4th
+|4 × 400 m relay
+|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:06.44]]
+|-
+|rowspan=2|2008
+|rowspan=2|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
+|rowspan=2|[[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia
+|4th
+|400m hurdles
+|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.93]]
+|-
+|bgcolor=gold|1st
+|4 × 400 m relay
+|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:03.58]]
+|}
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
-*{{iaaf name|175274}}
+*{{World Athletics}}
 *[http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=27099.html Focus on Athletes article] from [[IAAF]]
+{{authority control}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Cilliers, Ockert}}
+[[Category:South African male hurdlers]]
-{{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub}}
-[[Category:South African athletes]]
-[[Category:Hurdlers]]
 [[Category:1981 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:Athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:People from Vanderbijlpark]]
-[[Category:Olympic athletes of South Africa]]
+[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Olympic athletes for South Africa]]
 [[Category:Fenerbahçe athletes]]
+[[Category:Athletes from Gauteng]]
+{{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub}}
-[[tr:Ockert Cilliers]]