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| Full name | Charles Hockin Brusquetti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 November 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Club Deportivo de Puerto Sajon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Loughborough University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Daniel Hockin Brusquetti (born 4 November 1989) is a Paraguayan swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. [1] [2]
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