{"id":1355,"date":"2026-10-23T14:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daniecornelius.co.za\/wp\/?page_id=1355"},"modified":"2026-11-10T07:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T07:14:32","slug":"experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.daniecornelius.co.za\/wp\/experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Experience<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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More Than 45 Years of Service to Athletics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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For more than four decades, I have been privileged to serve athletics as an athlete, coach, statistician, administrator, team manager, programme leader and athletics advocate.
My involvement has ranged from athlete development at grassroots level to international team appointments, high-performance programme management and contributions to the administration and growth of athletics in South Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Career Timeline<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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1979 | Athlete<\/h6>\n
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  • Represented Northern Transvaal in the Long Jump and Triple Jump.<\/li>\n
  • Competed at South African Junior Championships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        1980 | Coaching Qualification<\/h6>\n
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    • Obtained my first formal coaching qualification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01981 | Coaching Career Begins<\/h6>
      • Started coaching athletes in track and field.<\/li>
      • Began a coaching journey spanning more than 40 years.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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        2006 | Athletics Statistics<\/h6>\n
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        • Became actively involved in the collection, maintenance and publication of athletics statistics.<\/li>\n
        • Contributed to athlete rankings, records and historical performance databases.<\/li>\n
        • Invited by Athletics South Africa to present and explain the World Athletics Ranking System to elite athletes and coaches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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          2010 | Athletics Gauteng North<\/h6>\n
          Operational Manager<\/h6>\n
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          • Appointed Operational Manager of Athletics Gauteng North.<\/li>\n
          • Responsible for event management, athlete administration and operational planning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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            2011 | Athletics Gauteng North<\/h6>
            Team Manager<\/h6>\n
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            • Team Manager of the AGN team that won the South African Provincial Teams Competition in Bellville.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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              2011 | TuksAthletics<\/h6>\n
              Manager<\/h6>\n
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              • Joined TuksAthletics at the University of Pretoria.<\/li>\n
              • TuksAthletics won the Athletics South Africa National Club Competition.<\/li>\n
              • Recognised as South Africa’s leading athletics club.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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                2012 – 2022 | TuksAthletics High Performance Programme<\/h6>\n
                Manager and Head of Programme<\/h6>\n
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                • Managed one of South Africa’s leading high-performance athletics programmes.<\/li>\n
                • Produced 25 Olympians who represented South Africa at Olympic Games.<\/li>\n
                • Won the Varsity Athletics competition five times in six years.<\/li>\n
                • Consistently won more medals at National Championships than many provinces.<\/li>\n
                • Served as a significant contributor to the success of Athletics Gauteng North.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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                  2019<\/h6>\n
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                  • TuksAthletics received special recognition from Athletics South Africa for its contribution to the success of South Africa’s National Relay Teams.<\/li>\n
                  • Athletes from the programme contributed to African and South African records in the 4x100m and 4x200m relays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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                    2015 – 2017 | Athletics Gauteng North<\/h6>\n
                    Chairperson: Track & Field<\/h6>\n
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                    • Served as Chairperson of Track & Field.<\/li>\n
                    • During this period, AGN became South Africa’s most successful athletics province.<\/li>\n
                    • Won more medals at National Championships than any other province.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                      International Appointments<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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                      Team Manager<\/h6>\n
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                      • Decanation Meeting, France<\/li>\n
                      • African Junior Championships, Botswana<\/li>\n
                      • World Athletics Relays, Poland<\/li>\n
                      • IAAF World Youth Championships, Ukraine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                        Team Coach<\/h6>\n
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                        • IAAF World Youth Championships, France<\/li>\n
                        • IAAF World Junior Championships, Spain<\/li>\n
                        • FISU Games, South Korea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                          Technical Manager<\/h6>\n
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                          • FISU Games, Italy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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                            Key Achievements<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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                            45+<\/h4>\n

                            Years in Athletics<\/p>\n

                            25<\/span><\/h4>\n

                            Olympians Produced Through the TuksAthletics Programme<\/p>\n

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                            Varsity Athletics Titles in Six Years<\/p>\n

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                            ASA National Club Championship<\/p>\n

                            ASA Recognition<\/h4>\n

                            Contribution to South Africa’s National Relay Team Success and African & South African Relay Records<\/p>\n

                            Multiple<\/h4>\n

                            International Team Appointments<\/p>\n

                            Since 2006<\/h4>\n

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                            Experience More Than 45 Years of Service to Athletics For more than four decades, I have been privileged to serve athletics as an athlete, coach, statistician, administrator, team manager, programme leader and athletics advocate.My involvement has ranged from athlete development at grassroots level to international team appointments, high-performance programme management and contributions to the administration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1355","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daniecornelius.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daniecornelius.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daniecornelius.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daniecornelius.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daniecornelius.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.daniecornelius.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1917,"href":"https:\/\/www.daniecornelius.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1355\/revisions\/1917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daniecornelius.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}