Joe Richard Litchfield (born 8 July 1998) is a British

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. 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

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and

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Career

Litchfield was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, the son of former professional footballer,

Peter Litchfield Peter Litchfield (born 27 July 1956) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He started his career with Droylsden and played in the Football League with Preston North End, Bradford City, Oldham Athletic and Scunt ...

and his older brother

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

is also a swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the

2020 European Aquatics Championships The 2020 European Aquatics Championships (also known as the 2021 European Aquatics Championships; 35th) were scheduled to take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 24 May 2020. However, on 5 May it was announced that the event had been postpon ...

, 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 mixed freestyle and mixed medley. He was also part of the team that won a silver in Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. In the

that were held in Tokyo in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the swimmer made his Olympic debut. Litchfield was a part of the Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay team at the

, narrowly missing out on a placing in the final. Individually, he also competed in the 200m Individual Medley. 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. These championships included five disciplines, with high diving not staged for this edi ...

held in Budapest, Litchfield won a bronze as in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. After winning the 100 metres butterfly at the

2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships The 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships (sponsored by Speedo) were held at the London Aquatics Centre in London, from 3 April to 8 April 2024. They also doubled as the trials for the 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), ...

, Litchfield sealed his place at the

for the relay event. 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 Mixed is the past tense of ''mix''. Mixed may refer to: * Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category), an ethnicity category that has been used by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics since the 2001 Census Music * ''Mixed'' (album) ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Litchfield, Joe 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Chesterfield, Derbyshire European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in swimming European Games silver medalists for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2024 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 Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games English male freestyle swimmers British male freestyle swimmers English male medley swimmers British male medley swimmers 21st-century English sportsmen