Ben Hockin

Benjamin Hockin

200px Stamps of Paraguay, 2011
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Thomas Hockin Brusquetti
Nickname(s)	Benji
National team	Great Britain (–2008) Paraguay (2010–)
Born	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 Barranquilla, Colombia
Height
Weight	92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)
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 hockin' Paraguayan).

Hockin represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 m freestyle relay swimming events where his hockin' 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.

External links

• British Olympic Association athlete profile
• British Swimming athlete profile

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