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| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Marcus James Titus | |||||||||||
| Nickname | Marcus Aurelius | |||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||
| Born | May 20, 1986 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke, Freestyle | |||||||||||
| Club | Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics (FORDAZ) | |||||||||||
| Coach | Busch Frank | |||||||||||
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Marcus James Titus (born May 20, 1986) is a deaf American swimmer who has made it as far as eighth place in the 2012 Olympic Trials. Titus won a state championship at Flowing Wells High School and is a 12-time-All-American at Arizona, he was a major figure in the US’s 2008 NCAA championship team, and he was previously a coach for the 2013 Deaflympic team. He is also known for being a spokesperson for deaf and hard-hearing athletes in the swimming world.[1]
Titus is the deaf world record holder in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle, 50-meter breaststroke and 100-meter breaststroke, all of which he set records for at the World Deaf Championships. Titus's career highlights include finishing third in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2009 ConocoPhillips National Championships, placing fourth in the same event the following year in 2010 and, lastly, placing third again the year after that in the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships.[2]
In his later career, Titus tried out for the 2012 Olympic Trials, coached the 2013 Deaflympic team, and is planning on returning to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympic Trials.[3]