Benjamin Hockin Brusquetti (born 27 September 1986) is an Olympic freestyle swimmer, who has swam international for both Great Britain and Paraguay (his father is British, his mother is Paraguayan).[2]
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| Full name | Benjamin Thomas Hockin Brusquetti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Benji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 September 1986 Barranquilla, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Swansea Performance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hockin represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay swimming events where his team finished eighth.
He swam for Paraguay at the 2010 South American Games, where he won 3 silver medals and a bronze medal.[3] However, Hockin did not follow the proper steps to switch his sport nationality and has been banned for one year (retroactive to 23 May 2010).[4]
In September 2011, Hockin was named the flag bearer for Paraguayan team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[5]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was Paraguay's flagbearer, and competed in the 100 and 200 m freestyle and the 100 m butterfly.[6]
He competed again in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 m freestyle category, and finished 44th.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b "Athlete Biography – HOCKIN Ben". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008.
- ^ (in Spanish) Benjamin Hockin: Medal of honor, ABC Digital, 11 April 2010; retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ (in Spanish) Benjamín Hockin, un deportista que vale oro (trans: Benjamin Hockin, an athlete who is golden); published by ABC Digital, 12 April 2010; retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "Ben Hockin Banned One Year by FINA for Improper Nationality Change". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ^ Benjamín Hockin será el abanderado en los Juegos Panamericanos Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ "Ben Hockin Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Benjamín Hockin quedó a 2 segundos de las semifinales
External links edit
- British Olympic Association athlete profile[dead link]
- British Swimming athlete profile[dead link]
- Ben Hockin at World Aquatics
- Ben Hockin at Olympedia
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