Joe Litchfield (born 8 July 1998) is a British

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. 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 Max Robert Litchfield (born 4 March 1995) is a British competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the 2016 Olympics, and the LEN European Aquatics Championships. He also swam for England in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He competes inte ...

is also a swimmer.

Career

He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the

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, in

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, Hungary. 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. At the

2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. In March 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FINA banned both the Russian an ...

held in Budapest, Litchfield won a bronze as in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.

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* 1998 births Living people British male swimmers British male backstroke swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) 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 of Great Britain Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 20th-century British people 21st-century British people Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{UK-swimming-bio-stub