Benjamin Hockin Brusquetti (born 27 September 1986) is an Olympic

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swimmer, who has swum international for both Great Britain and Paraguay (his father is British, his mother is Paraguayan). Hockin represented

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in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay swimming events where his team finished eighth. He swam for Paraguay at the

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, 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

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for Paraguayan team at the

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in Guadalajara,

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. 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

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in the

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category, and finished 44th.Benjamín Hockin quedó a 2 segundos de las semifinales
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British Olympic Association athlete profileBritish Swimming athlete profile
1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Barranquilla British male freestyle swimmers British male swimmers Citizens of Paraguay through descent Paraguayan male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Great Britain Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Paraguay Pan American Games bronze medalists for Paraguay Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in swimming Paraguayan people of British descent British people of Paraguayan descent South American Games silver medalists for Paraguay South American Games bronze medalists for Paraguay South American Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games {{Paraguay-swimming-bio-stub