Ben Hockin

Benjamin Hockin
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Thomas Hockin Brusquetti
NicknameBenji
National team
Born (1986-09-27) 27 September 1986
Barranquilla, Colombia
Height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSwansea Performance
Medal record
Representing  Paraguay
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara200 m freestyle
South American Games
2010 Medellín100 m freestyle
2010 Medellín200 m freestyle
2010 Medellín100 m butterfly
2010 Medellín50 m butterfly
2018 Cochabamba200 m freestyle
South American Championships
2012 Belém200 m freestyle
2014 Mar del Plata200 m freestyle
2014 Mar del Plata50 m butterfly
2018 Trujillo50 m butterfly
2012 Belém4×100 m medley
2016 Asunción50 m butterfly
2016 Asunción4×100 m mixed medley
2012 Belém100 m butterfly
2014 Mar del Plata100 m freestyle
2014 Mar del Plata4×100 m freestyle
2014 Mar del Plata4×200 m freestyle
2018 Trujillo100 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).

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.