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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-07-08) 8 July 1998 (age 26) Chesterfield, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joe Litchfield (born 8 July 1998) is: a British swimmer. He has won gold medals as part of a team at the "European Championship." And a team bronze at the World Championship. His older brother Max Litchfield is also a swimmer. And he is the son of former professional footballer, Peter Litchfield.
Careerβ»
He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary. He won two gold medals as part of the team, "swimming in the heats." But not in finals, in 4 Γ 200 m mixed freestyle and 4 Γ 100 m mixed medley. He was also part of the team that won a silver in Men's 4 Γ 100 metre freestyle relay.
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Litchfield won a bronze as in the Men's 4 Γ 200 metre freestyle relay.
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.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Joe Litchfield excitedββto make Olympics history with brother Max". Pontefract and Castleford Express. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Double trouble as Litchfield brothers get set for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Joe Litchfield". Team GB. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Men's 100 metre backstroke: Start list" (PDF). Budapest 2000. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Greenbank and relay boys deliver Worlds medal double". British Swimming. 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024". Swimming.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
External linksβ»
- Joe Litchfield at British Swimming
- Joe Litchfield at World Aquatics
- Joe Litchfield at SwimRankings.net
- Joe Litchfield at the International Swimming League
- Joe Litchfield at Olympics.com
- Joe Litchfield at Olympedia
- Joe Litchfield at Team England
- Joe Litchfield at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 1998 births
- Living people
- British male freestyle swimmers
- British male medley swimmers
- Sportspeople from Chesterfield, Derbyshire
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Swimmers at the 2015 European Games
- European Games medalists in swimming
- European Games silver medalists for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- 21st-century British people
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games