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| Marius
KUSCH |
| Sport |
Swimming |
| NOC |
Germany
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| Gender | Men |
| Born | 05 May 1993
in Datteln, GER |
| Height | 1.91 m |
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General Interest |
Other information |
MOVE TO THE UNITED STATES
From 2016 to 2019 he studied at Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina, United States of America, an NCAA Division II swimming college. "Honestly, [Queens] wasn't my first choice. My top choice was [University of] Louisville, but due to eligibility reasons Division I wouldn't work out for me. So I only had the choice of going to a Division II [college]. And funnily enough the head coach of swimming at Louisville, Arthur Albiero, was great friends with the head coach from Queens, Jeff Dugdale, so he was thrilled to have me on board and that's how it worked out. If I had the chance to do it all over again, there's nothing I would change." (Inside with Brett Hawke YouTube channel, 11 Mar 2020)
FROM COLLEGE TO TEAM ELITE
A week after graduating from Queens University of Charlotte, he moved to San Diego, California, to train with the Team Elite Aquatics squad under David Marsh. Working under Marsh has resulted in a number of small changes that have had an overall impact on his swimming. "[We're] doing a lot of small things and making those add up, it's not one big solution. So for example I've started really worrying about my sleep because I wasn't feeling recovered, so I've been making sure I get eight or nine hours each night. I've been caring more about nutrition, eating the right things to get my calories, as I've struggled to maintain and put on weight, so we've been working with nutritionists. And then in the water, just being very detail-orientated. I've been working a lot on my strokes, whether it's freestyle or butterfly, and really caring about the small, tiny details. In the beginning you think it doesn't make a lot of difference but once you can apply that you find that you're moving way more efficiently through the water rather than working against it. I love David's way of coaching, he is a big contributor to me being able to show these performances right now [in 2020]." (Inside with Brett Hawke YouTube channel, 11 Mar 2020)
FUTURE PLANS
He has a visa to stay in the United States of America until the end of 2022. In 2020 he said he was not sure yet if he would continue swimming through to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. "For now [2020] I've thought about the next two years. I just don't think that I'm done yet. I love the sport a lot. I still see a lot of improvements constantly, and as long I'm making improvements and I'm loving the sport I want to stay in. I don't know if it's going to be for another four years [through to Paris 2024]. For now I am focusing on the next two years, and depending on how everything goes we'll see. I am on a professional visa that will keep me here until the end of 2022 and I'm also working on my green card. I can definitely see myself here [for a long time]." (Inside with Brett Hawke YouTube channel, 11 Mar 2020) |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
San Diego, CA, USA |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Team Elite Aquatics [USA] / SG Essen [GER]: |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Finance - Queens University of Charlotte: United States |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Splashdiving, watching football and combat sports. (mariuskusch.de, 02 Apr 2020; Inside with Brett Hawke YouTube channel, 11 Mar 2020) |
Famous relatives |
His father Udo competed in canoe sprint and dragon boat racing at national level in Germany. He has also served as chairman of a canoe club in Datteln, Germany. (swimpool.de, 01 Apr 2011) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
At age 16 he began attending a boarding school in Essen, Germany, and joined the SG Essen club because it was located next door to the school. "The attraction for me was the combination of school and swimming. I had previously considered going to Dortmund or Wuppertal [to swim], but the effort to travel there every day would have been too great." |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
German footballer Per Mertesecker, US swimmers Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps. (Inside with Brett Hawke YouTube channel, 11 Mar 2020; mariuskusch.de, 08 Dec 2019) |
Awards and honours |
While competing for Queens University of Charlotte in the United States of America from 2016 to 2019, he was named Bluegrass Mountain Conference Men's Swimmer of the Year in 2017, 2018, and 2019. He was also named the university's Senior Student-Athlete of the Year in 2019, and the NCAA Division II Male Swimmer of the Year in 2017 and 2018. (queensathletics.com, 19 Apr 2019, 12 Apr 2018) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
David Marsh [Team Elite], USA |
Training Regime |
He trains six days a week with Team Elite Aquatics in San Diego, CA, United States of America. |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began swimming at age five at the Dattelner swimming club in Germany, and started to take the sport more seriously in 2004 after moving to SV Blau-Weiss Recklinghausen. "I felt very much at home in Recklinghausen. Almost all of my friends swam there with me." |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Languages |
English, German |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"I don't swim for anyone else. I don't swim to impress my parents, I don't swim to impress my federation or the people in the stands. I swim because I love it. And so the only person really putting pressure on, would be myself. So it doesn't really matter if I'm on the biggest stage or the smallest stage, I just always try to rely on the work that I've been putting in. Realising, whatever is going to happen, I can live with the result because I've been doing the very best I can." (Inside with Brett Hawke YouTube channel, 11 Mar 2020) |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 23 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Butterfly |
52.05 |
| 11 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:34.08 |
| Heats |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
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World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 8 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
100m Butterfly |
51.66 |
| Heats |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
50m Butterfly |
23.86 |
| Heats |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
100m Freestyle |
49.31 |
| Heats |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
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| 8 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:32.86 |
| 7 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:45.07 |
| Heats |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
100m Butterfly |
52.22 |
| 7 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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| Heats |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
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World Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 3 |
2022 |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
100m Butterfly |
49.12 |
| 7 |
2022 |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
50m Butterfly |
22.17 |
| 5 |
2022 |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:23.04 |
| 6 |
2022 |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:31.79 |
| 7 |
2022 |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
DSQ |
| 5 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
100m Butterfly |
49.50 |
| 4 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
50m Butterfly |
22.40 |
| 7 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:25.54 |
| 5 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:31.80 |
| 5 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:22.17 |
| Heats |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
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| Semifinal |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
100m Butterfly |
50.97 |
| Heats |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
200m Butterfly |
1:55.24 |
| 20 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
50m Butterfly |
23.39 |
| 8 |
2016 |
Windsor, ON, CAN |
100m Freestyle |
47.44 |
European Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Semifinal |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
100m Butterfly |
52.23 |
| 5 |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:45.82 |
| 3 |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:33.52 |
| 7 |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:15.12 |
European Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 8 |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
50m Butterfly |
22.65 |
| 1 |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
100m Butterfly |
49.06 |
| Semifinal |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
100m Freestyle |
46.98 |
| 7 |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:25.75 |
| 7 |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
DSQ |
| 3 |
2017 |
Copenhagen, DEN |
100m Butterfly |
50.01 |
| Heats |
2017 |
Copenhagen, DEN |
100m Freestyle |
48.09 |
| Heats |
2017 |
Copenhagen, DEN |
200m Butterfly |
DNS |
| 24 |
2017 |
Copenhagen, DEN |
200m Freestyle |
1:46.01 |
| 5 |
2017 |
Copenhagen, DEN |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:31.26 |
| Heats |
2017 |
Copenhagen, DEN |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
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| 5 |
2017 |
Copenhagen, DEN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:32.38 |
| 8 |
2015 |
Netanya, ISR |
100m Butterfly |
50.83 |
| Semifinal |
2015 |
Netanya, ISR |
100m Freestyle |
47.65 |
| 4 |
2015 |
Netanya, ISR |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:33.46 |
World Cup |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 5 |
2022 |
Berlin, GER |
100m Butterfly |
50.19 |
| 5 |
2022 |
Berlin, GER |
50m Butterfly |
22.48 |
| 3 |
2022 |
Indianapolis, IN, USA |
50m Butterfly |
22.46 |
| 3 |
2022 |
Indianapolis, IN, USA |
100m Butterfly |
49.97 |
| 5 |
2017 |
Berlin, GER |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:31.48 |
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