Ben Hockin

Benjamin Hockin

Stamps of Paraguay, 2011
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Thomas Hockin Brusquetti
Nickname(s)	Benji
National team	Great Britain (–2008)  Paraguay (2010–)
Born	27 September 1986 Barranquilla, Colombia
Height	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Swansea Performance
Medal record Representing  Paraguay Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 200 m freestyle South American Games 2010 Medellín 100 m freestyle 2010 Medellín 200 m freestyle 2010 Medellín 100 m butterfly 2010 Medellín 50 m butterfly South American Championships 2012 Belem 200 m freestyle 2014 Mar del Plata 200 m freestyle 2014 Mar del Plata 50 m butterfly 2012 Belem 4x100 m medley 2012 Belem 100 m butterfly 2014 Mar del Plata 100 m freestyle 2014 Mar del Plata 4x100 m freestyle 2014 Mar del Plata 4x200 m freestyle

Benjamin Hockin Brusquetti (born 27 September 1986) is an Olympic freestyle swimmer, who has swum international 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]

References

1. "Athlete Biography – HOCKIN Ben". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 2008-08-13.
2. (Spanish) Benjamin Hockin: Medal of honor, ABC Digital, 11 April 2010; retrieved 14 April 2010.
3. (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.
4. "Ben Hockin Banned One Year by FINA for Improper Nationality Change". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
5. Benjamín Hockin será el abanderado en los Juegos Panamericanos (Spanish)
6. "Ben Hockin Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.

External links

• British Olympic Association athlete profile
• British Swimming athlete profile