Joe Litchfield
British swimmer (born 1998)
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Joe Richard Litchfield (born 8 July 1998) is a British swimmer.[2][3] He has won gold medals as part of a team at the European Championship, and a team bronze at the World Championship and competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 July 1998 Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Litchfield was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, the son of former professional footballer, Peter Litchfield and his older brother Max Litchfield is also a swimmer.[4]
He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary.[5] He won two gold medals as part of the team, swimming in the heats but not in finals, in 4 × 200 m mixed freestyle and 4 × 100 m mixed medley. He was also part of the team that won a silver in Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.
In the 2020 Summer Olympics that were held in Tokyo in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[6] the swimmer made his Olympic debut. Litchfield was a part of the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay team at the 2020 Summer Olympics, narrowly missing out on a placing in the final. Individually, he also competed in the 200m Individual Medley.[7][8]
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Litchfield won a bronze as in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.[9]
After winning the 100 metres butterfly at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, Litchfield sealed his place at the 2024 Summer Olympics for the relay event.[10] At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, he participated in the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay and mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay.
