Nickname(s) Benji Role Olympic swimmer Sport Swimming Height 1.95 m | Club Swansea Performance Weight 90 kg Name Ben Hockin Strokes Freestyle swimming | |
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Full name Benjamin Thomas Hockin Brusquetti National team Great Britain (–2008)
Paraguay (2010–) Born 27 September 1986 (age 37) ( 1986-09-27 ) Barranquilla, Colombia Siblings Charles Daniel Hockin Brusquetti Profiles | ||
British Olympic Swim Team Rookie Initiation
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).
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. 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).
In September 2011, Hockin was named the flag bearer for Paraguayan team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was Paraguay's flagbearer, and competed in the 100 and 200 m freestyle and the 100 m butterfly.
He competed again in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 m freestyle category, and finished 44th.