Belinda Jane Hocking is an Australian backstroke

Backstroke

The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...

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Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

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2007

Hocking was fifth in the 200m back and sixth in the 50 and 100m back at the Telstra Australian Championships in Brisbane (Dec 06)….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….placed third in 100m back at the FINA World Cup in Sydney

2008

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

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