Belinda Hocking

Belinda Hocking

Personal information
Full name	Belinda Jane Hocking
Nickname(s)	"Bindy"
National team	Australia
Born	(1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 Wangaratta, Victoria
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Nunawading
Coach	Rohan Taylor
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Australia World Championships (LC) 2011 Shanghai 200 m backstroke 2013 Barcelona 200 m backstroke 2011 Shanghai 4×100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 2014 Gold Coast 200 m backstroke 2014 Gold Coast 100 m backstroke 2010 Irvine 200 m backstroke Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 200 m backstroke 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m medley 2014 Glasgow 100 m backstroke

Belinda Jane Hocking (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

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

Personal

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

See also

• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)

External links

• Belinda Hocking on Twitter
• Belinda Hocking on Instagram
• Belinda Hocking at Swimming Australia

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