Ben Hockin

{{Short description|British-Paraguayan swimmer (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Benjamin Hockin | honorific_suffix = OLY | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Benjamin Thomas Hockin Brusquetti | nicknames = Benji | national_team = {{ubl | {{GBR2}} (before 2008) | {{PAR}} (since 2010) }} | strokes = Freestyle | club = Swansea Performance | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|9|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Barranquilla, Colombia | death_date = | death_place = | height = 2.05 m<ref name="Beijing">{{cite web| url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/0/225510.shtml| title=Athlete Biography – HOCKIN Ben | publisher=Beijing Olympics official website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813124640/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/0/225510.shtml|archive-date=2008-08-13}}</ref> | weight = 92 kg<ref name="Beijing" /> | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{PAR}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Guadalajara|200 m freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition|South American Games}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Medellín |100 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Medellín |200 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Medellín |100 m butterfly}} {{MedalBronze|2010 Medellín |50 m butterfly}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Cochabamba |200 m freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition|South American Championships}} {{MedalGold|2012 Belém | 200 m freestyle }} {{MedalGold|2014 Mar del Plata | 200 m freestyle }} {{MedalGold|2014 Mar del Plata | 50 m butterfly }} {{MedalGold|2018 Trujillo | 50 m butterfly }} {{MedalSilver|2012 Belém | 4×100 m medley }} {{MedalSilver|2016 Asunción | 50 m butterfly }} {{MedalSilver|2016 Asunción | {{nowrap|4×100 m mixed medley}} }} {{MedalBronze|2012 Belém | 100 m butterfly }} {{MedalBronze|2014 Mar del Plata | 100 m freestyle }} {{MedalBronze|2014 Mar del Plata | 4×100 m freestyle }} {{MedalBronze|2014 Mar del Plata | 4×200 m freestyle }} {{MedalBronze|2018 Trujillo | 100 m freestyle }} }}

'''Benjamin Hockin Brusquetti''' (born 27 September 1986) is an Olympic freestyle swimmer who has swum internationally for both Great Britain and Paraguay (his father is British, his mother is Paraguayan).<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.abc.com.py/abc/nota/101398-Medal-of-honor/ Benjamin Hockin: Medal of honor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415141948/http://www.abc.com.py/abc/nota/101398-Medal-of-honor |date=15 April 2010 }}, ABC Digital, 11 April 2010; retrieved 14 April 2010.</ref>

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.<ref>{{in lang|es}} [https://archive.today/20120314021816/http://www.abc.com.py/abc/nota/101543-Benjam%C3%ADn-Hockin,-un-deportista-que-vale-oro/ 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.</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/25903.asp |title=Ben Hockin Banned One Year by FINA for Improper Nationality Change |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |access-date=10 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829144425/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/25903.asp |archive-date=29 August 2012 }}</ref>

In September 2011, Hockin was named the flag bearer for Paraguayan team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.<ref>[http://www.lanacion.com.py/articulo/38659-benjamin-hockin-sera-el-abanderado-en-los-juegos-panamericanos.html Benjamín Hockin será el abanderado en los Juegos Panamericanos] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323063407/http://www.lanacion.com.py/articulo/38659-benjamin-hockin-sera-el-abanderado-en-los-juegos-panamericanos.html |date=23 March 2012 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref>

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was Paraguay's flagbearer and competed in the 100 and 200 m freestyle and the 100 m butterfly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/ben-hockin-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417091929/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/ben-hockin-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Ben Hockin Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=2016-05-01}}</ref>

He competed again in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 m freestyle category, and finished 44th.<ref>[http://d10.paraguay.com/benjamin-hockin-quedo-2-segundos-las-semifinales-n633798 Benjamín Hockin quedó a 2 segundos de las semifinales]</ref>

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