# Joe Litchfield > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joe_Litchfield > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joe_Litchfield.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Litchfield > Source revision: 1345167681 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British swimmer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use British English|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Joe Richard Litchfield{{cite web | url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1088686/joe-richard-litchfield | title=Joe Richard LITCHFIELD | Results | World Aquatics Official }} | image = | nationality = British | strokes = [Freestyle](/source/Freestyle_swimming), [medley](/source/Medley_swimming) | club = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|7|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Pontefract, West Yorkshire](/source/Pontefract%2C_West_Yorkshire), England | height = | weight = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's swimming}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[World Championships (LC)](/source/FINA_World_Aquatics_Championships)}} {{MedalGold|[2023 Fukuoka](/source/2023_World_Aquatics_Championships)|[4×200 m freestyle](/source/Swimming_at_the_2023_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_200_metre_freestyle_relay)}} {{MedalBronze|[2022 Budapest](/source/2022_World_Aquatics_Championships)|[{{nowrap|4×200 m freestyle}}](/source/Swimming_at_the_2022_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_200_metre_freestyle_relay)}} {{MedalCompetition|[European Championships (LC)](/source/LEN_European_Aquatics_Championships)}} {{MedalGold|[2020 Budapest](/source/2020_European_Aquatics_Championships)|[{{Nowrap|4×200 m mixed freestyle}}](/source/Swimming_at_the_2020_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Mixed_4_%C3%97_200_metre_freestyle_relay)}} {{MedalGold|2020 Budapest|[4×100 m mixed medley](/source/Swimming_at_the_2020_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Mixed_4_%C3%97_100_metre_medley_relay)}} {{MedalSilver|2020 Budapest|[4×100 m freestyle](/source/Swimming_at_the_2020_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metre_freestyle_relay)}} {{MedalCompetition|[Universiade](/source/Swimming_at_the_Summer_Universiade)}} {{MedalSilver|[2019 Naples](/source/2019_Summer_Universiade)|[200 m medley](/source/Swimming_at_the_2019_Summer_Universiade)}} {{MedalBronze|[2017 Taipei](/source/2017_Summer_Universiade)|[200 m medley](/source/Swimming_at_the_2017_Summer_Universiade_%E2%80%93_Men's_200_metre_individual_medley)}} {{MedalCompetition|[European Games](/source/European_Games)}} {{MedalSilver|[2015 Baku](/source/2015_European_Games)|[4×100 m medley](/source/Swimming_at_the_2015_European_Games_%E2%80%93_Mixed_4_%C3%97_100_metre_medley_relay)}} {{MedalCompetition|[European Junior Championships](/source/European_Junior_Swimming_Championships)}} {{MedalGold|[2016 Hódmezővásárhely](/source/2016_European_Junior_Swimming_Championships)|200 m medley}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}} {{MedalSilver|[2022 Birmingham](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games)|[4×100 m freestyle](/source/Swimming_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metre_freestyle_relay)}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|[4×200 m freestyle](/source/Swimming_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_200_metre_freestyle_relay)}} }} '''Joe Richard Litchfield''' (born 8 July 1998) is a British [swimmer](/source/Swimming_(sport)).{{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}}{{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}} 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](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) and [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics). == Career == Litchfield was born in [Pontefract, West Yorkshire](/source/Pontefract%2C_West_Yorkshire), the son of former professional footballer, [Peter Litchfield](/source/Peter_Litchfield) and his older brother [Max Litchfield](/source/Max_Litchfield) is also a swimmer.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/joe-litchfield/2L39MYhyQT6af8O2c2fTBs |title=Joe Litchfield |website=Team GB | access-date=9 April 2024}} He competed in the [men's 100 metre backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_2020_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metre_backstroke) event at the [2020 European Aquatics Championships](/source/2020_European_Aquatics_Championships), in [Budapest](/source/Budapest), Hungary.{{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}} 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](/source/Swimming_at_the_2020_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Mixed_4_%C3%97_200_metre_freestyle_relay) and [{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} mixed medley](/source/Swimming_at_the_2020_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Mixed_4_%C3%97_100_metre_medley_relay). He was also part of the team that won a silver in [Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay](/source/Swimming_at_the_2020_European_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metre_freestyle_relay). In the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) that were held in Tokyo in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,{{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 }} 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](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics), narrowly missing out on a placing in the final. Individually, he also competed in the 200m Individual Medley.{{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 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/joe-litchfield/ | title=Joe Litchfield }} At the [2022 World Aquatics Championships](/source/2022_World_Aquatics_Championships) held in Budapest, Litchfield won a bronze as in the [Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay](/source/Swimming_at_the_2022_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_200_metre_freestyle_relay).{{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 }} After winning the [100 metres butterfly](/source/British_swimming_Champions_-_100_metres_butterfly_winners) at the [2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships](/source/2024_Aquatics_GB_Swimming_Championships), Litchfield sealed his place at the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics) for the relay event.{{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}} At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, he participated in the [men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay](/source/Swimming_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metre_medley_relay) and [mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay](/source/Swimming_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Mixed_4_%C3%97_100_metre_medley_relay). == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{British Swimming swimmer|joe-litchfield}} * {{sports links}} * {{Team England|joe-litchfield}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|60477}} {{Footer European Champions 4×100m Medley Mixed|2020}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Litchfield, Joe}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Chesterfield, Derbyshire Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Category:Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Category:Swimmers at the 2015 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2015 European Games Category:European Games medalists in swimming Category:European Games silver medalists for Great Britain Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:English male freestyle swimmers Category:British male freestyle swimmers Category:English male medley swimmers Category:British male medley swimmers Category:21st-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Joe Litchfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Litchfield) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Litchfield?action=history)). 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