Sidni Hoxha

Sidni Hoxha

Sidni Hoxha (born Decembre 6, 1991) is an Albanian swimmer who participated for the first time in the 2008 Olympic Games in the 50 m freestyle. He swam in the placed second in his heat with a time of 24.56 seconds, but did not reach the semifinal with this result, finishing with the 64th-fastest time in the event.

Hoxha currently swims for Old Dominion University in Virginia. He swam in Albania for the swim club TDS, Tirana Defina Sport. It was initially coached by Dashamir Bregu and later on by his father Shpetim Hoxha and Agron Cukja. They follow an American style type of training. He holds over 50% of the Albanian swimming records.

As of European Swimming Championships Short Course in Istanbul 2009, he swam a 22.49 on his 50m Freestyle and mid 50.07 seconds in his 100m freestyle. In the 2011 FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, Hoxha once again broke his own national records with swimming a 23.18 for 50m Freestyle and a 51.15 for 100m Freestyle.

He was the fastest swimmer for the 50m Freestyle for junior division, and 2nd fastest for the 100m Freestyle in the Balkans, fro the age group 1992-1993 . He is currently working with Besmir Buranaj Hoxha and Jon Pepaj to bring Albanian Swimmers to train in the US. In October 2011, the swimmer helped create a swimming organization referred to as Illyrian Swimming Association.

His participation in international meets has sparked much debate in the international and local media due to the unorganized efforts from the president of the Albanian Swimming Federation, Feim Alliu, which have repeatedly caused problems for the young swimmer to compete.