Ockert Cilliers (born 21 April 1981) is a South African 400 m

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. Born in

Vanderbijlpark Vanderbijlpark is an industrial town with approximately 95 000 inhabitants, situated on the Vaal River in the south of Gauteng province, South Africa. The city is named after Hendrik van der Bijl, an electrical engineer and industrialist. Vand ...

, Cilliers now lives in

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(Australia). He is 1.84 m tall and weighs 74 kg. His athletics career started in 1996 at school, where he also played

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. 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

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.The Champion, Fenerbahçe
/ref> His current coach is Dr. Ria van den Berg.

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South African male hurdlers 1981 births Living people People from Vanderbijlpark Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of South Africa Fenerbahçe athletes Sportspeople from Gauteng {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub