Benjamin Hockin

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Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Thomas Hockin Brusquetti
Nickname	Benji
National team	Great Britain (before 2008)  Paraguay (since 2010)
Born	(1986-09-27)27 September 1986 (age 39) 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 2018 Cochabamba 200 m freestyle South American Championships 2012 Belém 200 m freestyle 2014 Mar del Plata 200 m freestyle 2014 Mar del Plata 50 m butterfly 2018 Trujillo 50 m butterfly 2012 Belém 4×100 m medley 2016 Asunción 50 m butterfly 2016 Asunción 4×100 m mixed medley 2012 Belém 100 m butterfly 2014 Mar del Plata 100 m freestyle 2014 Mar del Plata 4×100 m freestyle 2014 Mar del Plata 4×200 m freestyle 2018 Trujillo 100 m freestyle

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

Hockin representedGreat 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 the2010 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 theflag bearer forParaguayan team at the2011 Pan American Games inGuadalajara,Mexico.^[5]

At the2012 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 the2016 Summer Olympics held inRio de Janeiro in the100 m freestyle category, and finished 44th.^[7]

• Ben Hockin atWorld Aquatics
• Ben Hockin at SwimRankings.net
• Ben Hockin atOlympics.com
• Ben Hockin atTeam GB
• Ben Hockin atOlympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by Víctor Fatecha	Flagbearer for Paraguay London 2012	Succeeded by Julia Marino

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