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Belinda Hocking
Personal information
Full nameBelinda Jane Hocking
Nickname"Bindy"
National team Australia
Born (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 34)
Wangaratta, Victoria
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubNunawading
CoachRohan Taylor
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shanghai 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2013 Barcelona 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Gold Coast 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2014 Gold Coast 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Irvine 200 m backstroke
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow 100 m backstroke

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 200-metre back and sixth in the 50 and 100m back at the Telstra Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane in December 2007, won gold in 4×200-metre freestyle and was fourth in 200-metre backstroke at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Maui, Hawaii, claimed gold in the 100- and 200-metre backstroke and 4×100-metre medley relay, to go with silver in the 4×100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle relays at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, won gold in the 100- and 200-metre backstroke and bronze in the 200-metre freestyle at the Australian Age Championships in Perth, won silver in 100-metre backstroke, was fourth in 50-metre backstroke and fifth in 200-metre backstroke at the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships in Melbourne, and placed third in the 100-metre backstroke at the FINA World Cup in Sydney [2]

Hocking qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and came eighth in the 200-metre backstroke. She placed second in the 200-metre backstroke, and was third in 100-metre backstroke at the Telstra Australian Championships and Olympic Trials in Sydney. She won silver in the 4×100-metre medley (heat swim), and came fifth in the 100-metre backstroke and sixth in the 50-metre backstroke at the FINA World Short Course Championships in Manchester. She set a Commonwealth record in 50-metre backstroke at World Short Course Championships and she won 100- and 200-metre backstroke at the Monaco leg of the Mare Nostrum series. She was also second in 100- and 200-metre backstroke at the Barcelona leg of the Mare Nostrum series [3]

Personal

Hocking was born in Wangaratta Victoria, she started swimming when she was 4.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Results – Tuesday 5 October". BBC Sport. 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Belinda Hocking" (PDF). Belinda Hocking. Clubsonline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Belinda Hocking" (PDF). Belinda Hocking. Clubsonline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Belinda Hocking" (PDF). Belinda Hocking. Clubsonline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
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