Belinda Hocking
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| Full name | Belinda Jane Hocking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Bindy" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
14 September 1990 Wangaratta, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nunawading | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Rohan Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Belinda Jane Hocking[1] (born 14 September 1990) is an Australian backstroke swimmer. She is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
Career
Hocking was fifth in the 200m back and sixth in the 50 and 100m back at the Telstra Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane in December 2007, won gold in 4x200m free and was fourth in 200m back at Jnr Pan Pacs in Maui, claimed gold in 100 and 200m back and 4x100m medley to go with silver in 4x100m free and 4x200m free at Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, won gold in 100 and 200m back and bronze in 200m free at Australian Age Championships in Perth, won silver in 100m back, was fourth in 50m back and fifth in 200m back at Telstra Australian Short Course Championships in Melbourne, and placed third in 100m back at the FINA World Cup in Sydney [2]
Hocking qualified for the Beijing Summer Olympics in the Was eighth in 200m backstroke at 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing....won silver in 200m back and was third in 100m back at the Telstra Australian Championships /Olympic Trials in Sydney.She won silver in the 4x100m medley (heat swim), was fifth in the 100m back and sixth in the 50m back at FINA World Short Course Championships in Manchester.She set a Commonwealth record in 50m backstroke at World Short Course Championships and she won 100 and 200m backstroke at the Monaco leg of Mare Nostrum series.She was also second in 100 and 200mback at Barcelona leg of Mare Nostrum series [3]
Personal
Hocking was born in Wangaratta Victoria, she started swimming when she was 4.[4]
References
- ↑ "Results – Tuesday 5 October". BBC Sport. 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ↑ "Belinda Hocking" (PDF). Belinda Hocking. Clubsonline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ↑ "Belinda Hocking" (PDF). Belinda Hocking. Clubsonline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ↑ "Belinda Hocking" (PDF). Belinda Hocking. Clubsonline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
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