Ben Hockin
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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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- ^ (in Spanish) Benjamin Hockin: Medal of honor Archived 15 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 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.
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- ^ Benjamín Hockin será el abanderado en los Juegos Panamericanos Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
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- ^ Benjamín Hockin quedó a 2 segundos de las semifinales
External links
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Barranquilla
- British male freestyle swimmers
- Paraguayan male swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Paraguay
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Paraguay
- Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming
- Paraguayan people of British descent
- British people of Paraguayan descent
- South American Games silver medalists for Paraguay
- South American Games bronze medalists for Paraguay
- South American Games medalists in swimming
- Competitors at the 2010 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- 21st-century British sportsmen
- 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen
- British swimming biography stubs
- South American swimming biography stubs
- Paraguayan sportspeople stubs