Joe Litchfield

Joe Richard Litchfield[1]
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1998-07-08) 8 July 1998
Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, medley
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2023 Fukuoka4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2022 Budapest4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2020 Budapest4×200 m mixed freestyle
Gold medal – first place2020 Budapest4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place2020 Budapest4×100 m freestyle
Universiade
Silver medal – second place2019 Naples200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2017 Taipei200 m medley
European Games
Silver medal – second place2015 Baku4×100 m medley
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Hódmezővásárhely200 m medley
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2022 Birmingham4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2022 Birmingham4×200 m freestyle

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.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Joe Richard LITCHFIELD | Results | World Aquatics Official".
  2. ↑ "Joe Litchfield excited to make Olympics history with brother Max". Pontefract and Castleford Express. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Double trouble as Litchfield brothers get set for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". Oxford Mail. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Joe Litchfield". Team GB. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Men's 100 metre backstroke: Start list" (PDF). Budapest 2000. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Yashio, T.; Murayama, A.; Kami, M.; Ozaki, A.; Tanimoto, T.; Rodriguez-Morales, A. J. (2021). "COVID-19 infection during the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020". Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 44. doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102205. PMC 8590505. PMID 34785374.
  7. ↑ "Joe Litchfield thanks parents and Doncaster Dartes for his success". 15 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Joe Litchfield".
  9. ↑ "Greenbank and relay boys deliver Worlds medal double". British Swimming. 23 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024". Swimming.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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