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Benjamin Hockin
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Thomas Hockin Brusquetti
Nickname
Benji
National team
Born (1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 39)
Height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSwansea Performance

Benjamin Hockin Brusquetti (born 27 September 1986) is an Olympic freestyle swimmer who has swum internationally for both Great Britain and Paraguay (his father is British, his mother is Paraguayan).[2]

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

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  2. ^ (in Spanish) Benjamin Hockin: Medal of honor Archived 15 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine, ABC Digital, 11 April 2010; retrieved 14 April 2010.
  3. ^ (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.
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  5. ^ Benjamín Hockin será el abanderado en los Juegos Panamericanos Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Benjamín Hockin quedó a 2 segundos de las semifinales
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