Head coach Ben Titley out at Swimming Canada after 10 years

Head coach Ben Titley and Swimming Canada have parted ways following a 10-year run of success.

The federation confirmed the news in a statement to Radio-Canada in early March.

"We thank Ben for the work he did in building the Ontario high-performance centre (HPC) and for the results he achieved at the Olympic Games. Swimming Canada wishes him the best for the future ," Swimming Canada CEO Ahmed El-Awadi said in an email.

CBC Sports also requested comment from Swimming Canada. Neither Swimming Canada nor Titley have provided a reason for why his contract, which expired in March, wasn't renewed.

Titley, of England, has overseen the HPC in Toronto since 2012, where he guided the likes of Penny Oleksiak, Kylie Masse and Summer McIntosh through what could be viewed as Canada's golden age of swimming.

Swimming Canada now lists former associate Ryan Mallette as interim head coach of the Toronto HPC on its website. Mallette was previously head coach at the Victoria HPC before joining Titley in 2019.

The departure comes at an odd time, with the world championships set for Hungary in June and the Commonwealth Games in July in England.

Canada's 2022 swimming trials, which will determine the team for worlds, takes place next month in Victoria.

Titley will now join the Spanish team's coaching staff.

"This move is just as important and exciting for my family. My wife and her daughter are French-born in a place very close to the Catalonian border," Titley said in a release announcing the hire.

Under Titley's guidance, Canada won six medals at each of the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics, doubling the total of three from London 2012. 

Over the past two Games, Oleksiak became Canada's most decorated Olympian with seven podium