User:Corne Rumande Becker

Born 26th of May 1985, mother Cornelia Pietersen and father Lionel Alexander Kadalie,her mother and father never married but always stayed within close proximity of each other.

Corne started primary school in 1992 at Saffier Primary where she did very well in sports and was selected for the W.P u.13 netball team and represented the province at the Winter games at Wits University in 1998.

In 1999 she was accepted at Tygerberg high school on scholarship for her athletic abilities, Corné represented the W.P A netball from 1999 - 2003, and the W.P athletic & cross country teams from 2001 - 2003, being one of the 1st athletes in the province to achieve a hatric.

In 2003 Corné was part of the liberty Nike athletic club and was chosen for the W.P clubs track and field team to represent her province at Pilditch Stadium Pretoria, in her Triple Jump event. She was faces with jumping from a 9m board for the first time in her Triple Jump career at the South African championships and was one of 2 to make it into the pit, missing the 1st place position by a slim 0.6cm.