{{Short description|British swimmer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use British English|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Joe Richard Litchfield<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1088686/joe-richard-litchfield | title=Joe Richard LITCHFIELD | Results | World Aquatics Official }}</ref> | image = | nationality = British | strokes = Freestyle, medley | club = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|7|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England | height = | weight = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's swimming}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}} {{MedalGold|2023 Fukuoka|4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Budapest|{{nowrap|4×200 m freestyle}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships (LC)}} {{MedalGold|2020 Budapest|{{Nowrap|4×200 m mixed freestyle}}}} {{MedalGold|2020 Budapest|4×100 m mixed medley}} {{MedalSilver|2020 Budapest|4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition|Universiade}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Naples|200 m medley}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Taipei|200 m medley}} {{MedalCompetition|European Games}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Baku|4×100 m medley}} {{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}} {{MedalGold|2016 Hódmezővásárhely|200 m medley}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|4×100 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|4×200 m freestyle}} }}
'''Joe Richard Litchfield''' (born 8 July 1998) is a British swimmer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/sport/other-sport/joe-litchfield-excited-to-make-olympics-history-with-brother-max-3224357 |title=Joe Litchfield excited to make Olympics history with brother Max |work=Pontefract and Castleford Express |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/news/19275196.double-trouble-litchfield-brothers-get-set-tokyo-2020-olympic-games/ |title=Double trouble as Litchfield brothers get set for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games |work=Oxford Mail |date=3 May 2021 |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/joe-litchfield/2L39MYhyQT6af8O2c2fTBs |title=Joe Litchfield |website=Team GB | access-date=9 April 2024}}</ref>
He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://budapest2020.microplustiming.com/export/NU_Budapest2021/NU/pdf/SWMM100MBA------------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf |title=Men's 100 metre backstroke: Start list |work=Budapest 2000 |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref> He won two gold medals as part of the team, swimming in the heats but not in finals, in {{nowrap|4 × 200 m}} mixed freestyle and {{nowrap|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,<ref>{{cite journal | pmc=8590505 | date=2021 | last1=Yashio | first1=T. | last2=Murayama | first2=A. | last3=Kami | first3=M. | last4=Ozaki | first4=A. | last5=Tanimoto | first5=T. | last6=Rodriguez-Morales | first6=A. J. | title=COVID-19 infection during the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 | journal=Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease | volume=44 | doi=10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102205 | pmid=34785374 }}</ref> the swimmer made his Olympic debut. Litchfield was a part of the Men's {{nowrap|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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swimming.org/sport/tokyo-2020-olympic-games-joe-litchfield/ | title=Joe Litchfield thanks parents and Doncaster Dartes for his success | date=15 July 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/joe-litchfield/ | title=Joe Litchfield }}</ref>
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Litchfield won a bronze as in the Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/greenbank-and-relay-boys-deliver-worlds-medal-double/ |title=Greenbank and relay boys deliver Worlds medal double |date=23 June 2022 |work=British Swimming }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.swimming.org/swimming/results/2024/AquaticsGBChamps/ |title=Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024 |website=Swimming.org | access-date=9 April 2024}}</ref> 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.
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==External links== * {{British Swimming swimmer|joe-litchfield}} * {{sports links}} * {{Team England|joe-litchfield}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|60477}}
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