Belinda Hocking
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| Nickname | "Bindy" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  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 | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nunawading | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Rohan Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Belinda Hocking is a retired Australian backstroke swimmer. She is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
Career
[edit]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.[1]
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 Australian Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials in Sydney. That year, she also 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.[2]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 100 and 200 m backstroke events, finishing in 7th and 10th respectively.[3]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won two gold medals in the 200 m backstroke and the 4 x 100 m medley relay, setting Commonwealth Games records in both. She also won a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke.[4]
She had to take a break from competing in 2015, after a series of accidents and injuries, including a shoulder injury which required surgery, a dislocated knee and a burn injury caused while studying.[5] In 2015, she also began to study for a degree in primary education.[5]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Hocking came fifth in the 200 metre backstroke.[3]
Belinda Hocking announced her retirement from competitive Swimming on 3 March 2017.[5]
Personal
[edit]Hocking was born in Wangaratta, Victoria. She started swimming when she was 4.[5]
She went to St. Bernard's Catholic Primary School in Wangaratta, and later swam at Nunawading Swimming Club.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Belinda Hocking" (PDF). Clubsonline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Belinda Hocking" (PDF). Clubsonline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Belinda Hocking". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 – Belinda Hocking Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Belinda Hocking | fina.org – Official FINA website". fina.org. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Belinda Hocking" (PDF). Clubsonline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- Belinda Hocking at World Aquatics
- Belinda Hocking at Olympics.com
- Belinda Hocking at Olympic.org (archived)
- Belinda Hocking at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Belinda Hocking at Swimming Australia at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 April 2015)
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