Sidni Hoxha

Sidni Hoxha

Sidni Hoxha at CAA Championships
Personal information
Full name Sidni Shpetim Hoxha
Nickname(s) "Sid the Kid" "The Albanian Sensation"
Nationality Albanian
Born (1991-12-06) December 6, 1991
Shkoder, Albania
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 92.5 kg (204 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly
Club Tirana Delfina Sport, Illyrian Swimming Association
College team Old Dominion University

Sidni Hoxha (born January 6, 1992, in Shkoder) is an Albanian swimmer who participated for the first time in the 2008 Olympic Games in the 50 m freestyle at the age of 16 years. Hoxha currently swims for Old Dominion University in Virginia. He swam for the Albanian swim club Tirana Defina Sport (TDS), which was initially coached by Dashamir Bregu and later by his father Shpetim Hoxha and Agron Cukja.

Championship participation

2008 Olympics

In Beijing, Hoxha won the second place within his heat (preliminary race) with a time of 24.56 seconds, but did not reach the semifinal with this result, finishing with the 64th-fastest time in the event.[1]

2009 European Championships

At the European Swimming Championships Short Course in Istanbul 2009, he swam a 22.49 on his 50 m freestyle and mid 50.07 seconds in his 100 m freestyle.

2009 World Aquatics Championships

Hoxha participated in the 2009 world swimming championships in Rome and swam more than four events in the international swim meet.

2010 Youth Olympics

Hoxha unfortunately was unable to compete at the last moment due to injury.

2011 World Aquatics Championships

In the 2011 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, Hoxha once again broke his own national records with swimming a 23.18 for 50 m freestyle and a 51.15 for 100 m freestyle.

2012 Olympics

Hoxha once again represented Albania in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He broke the national record once again in the 100 m freestyle with a time of 51.11.

2013 NCAA Championships

Hoxha swam in the 2013 NCAA Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, where he swam the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle. He swam 19.63 and placed top 18th on the 50 yd freestyle. He placed top 29th in the 100 yd freestyle with a time of 43.48.

2014 NCAA Championships

Hoxha swam in the 2014 NCAA Swimming Championships in Austin, Texas, where he swam the 50 yd freestyle, 100 yd freestyle and 200 yd freestyle. Hoxha came top 19th in both 50 yd and 100 yd freestyle, missing the semi-finals by 2/100 of a second. Hoxha broke his school record for the 200 yd freestyle with no practice whatsoever for the event.

2014 European Aquatics Championships

Hoxha partook once again in the European Championships in Berlin and once again broke the Albanian national record as well as his personal records in the 50 m freestyle and 100 m freestyle.

Athlete Event Rank Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sidni Hoxha Men's 50 m freestyle 22.89 19 Top 18th
Men's 100 m freestyle 50:50 Did not advance

Hoxha qualified both of his final times for the 2015 World Championships in Russia and is expected to participate in the World Aquatics Championships.

Additional information

He Won the 50 and 100 Free at the 2016 Virginia Senior Championships [2]

References

  1. "Sidni Hoxha Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference LLC. 1992-01-06. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  2. Meet Mobile. Check date values in: |access-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help);

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