Sidni Hoxha
Sidni Hoxha at CAA Championships
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Sidni Shpetim Hoxha |
| Nickname(s) | "Sid the Kid" "The Albanian Sensation" |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Born |
December 6, 1991 Shkoder, Albania |
| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 92.5 kg (204 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly |
| Club | Tirana Delfina Sport, Illyrian Swimming Association |
| College team | Old Dominion University |
Sidni Hoxha (born 6 January 1992, in Shkoder) is an Albanian swimmer who participated for the first time in the 2008 Olympic Games in the 50 m freestyle at the age of 16 years. Hoxha currently swims for Old Dominion University in Virginia. He swam for the Albanian swim club Tirana Defina Sport (TDS), which was initially coached by Dashamir Bregu and later by his father Shpetim Hoxha and Agron Cukja.
In Beijing, Hoxha won the second place in his heat (preliminary race) with a time of 24.56 seconds, but did not reach the semifinal with this result, finishing with the 64th-fastest time in the event.
At the European Swimming Championships Short Course in Istanbul 2009, he swam a 22.49 in his 50 m freestyle and mid 50.07 seconds in his 100 m freestyle.
Hoxha participated in the 2009 world swimming championships in Rome and swam more than four events in the international swim meet.
Hoxha, unfortunately, was unable to compete at the last moment due to injury.
In the 2011 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, Hoxha once again broke his own national records with swimming a 23.18 for 50 m freestyle and a 51.15 for 100 m freestyle.
Hoxha once again represented Albania in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He broke the national record once again in the 100 m freestyle with a time of 51.11.
Hoxha swam in the 2013 NCAA Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, where he swam the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle. He swam 19.63 and placed top 18th on the 50 yd freestyle. He placed top 29th in the 100 yd freestyle with a time of 43.48.
Hoxha swam in the 2014 NCAA Swimming Championships in Austin, Texas, where he swam the 50 yd freestyle, 100 yd freestyle, and 200 yd freestyle. Hoxha came top 19th in both 50 yd and 100 yd freestyle, missing the semi-finals by 2/100 of a second. Hoxha broke his school record for the 200 yd freestyle with no practice whatsoever for the event.
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