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.Fenerbahçe won the Turkish ChampionshipThe Champion, Fenerbahçe
His current coach is Dr. Ria van den Berg.
Competition record Representing 2000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile3rd400m hurdles50.582003World ChampionshipsParis, France17th (sf)400 m hurdles49.3210th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:03.052004African ChampionshipsBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo3rd400m hurdles49.58Olympic GamesAthens, Greece16th (sf)400 m hurdles49.01 –4 × 400 m relayDNF2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland13th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:04.642007UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand4th400 m hurdles49.364th4 × 400 m relay3:06.442008African ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia4th400m hurdles49.931st4 × 400 m relay3:03.58
References
External links
Focus on Athletes article from IAAF