Max Litchfield

Max Litchfield
Personal information
Nationality British
Born (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995
Sheffield
Residence Sheffield, United Kingdom
Sport
Country Great Britain
Sport Swimming
Event(s) 400 Individual Medley
College team Sheffield Hallam University
Club City of Sheffield Swim Squad - www.cosss.co.uk
Coached by Russ Barber
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 4th at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Max Litchfield (born 4 March 1995) is a British[1] competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the 2016 Olympics,[2] and the LEN European Aquatics Championships in 2014 and 2016.[3] He also swam for England in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[4] He competes internationally in freestyle and medley swimming events.

He swam at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where he finished 12th in both the 400m individual medley and the 1500m freestyle. He also turned out at the European Championships in Berlin in the same year where he finished seventh in the final of the 400m IM. He is a former World Junior Champion, having helped the 4x200m freestyle team swim to gold in Dubai in 2013.[2][4]

At the Olympic trials in 2016 he clinched victory in the 400m IM in a time of 4:12.05 to dip under the qualification time for Rio 2016.[5] He later competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro achieving a 5th place in his heat. In the finals session he improved his personal best further to place 4th in his first Olympic final.

Awards

The 2016 British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Sportsman of the Year[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Max Litchfield". les-sports.info. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Max Litchfield - Swimming - News, Olympic Results and History". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Litchfield leads British attack on final day". British Swimming. British Swimming. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  4. 1 2 "British Swimming Athlete Profile". British Swimming. British Swimming. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Litchfield strikes gold on opening night of British Summer Championships". British Swimming. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  6. ↑ "2016 BUCS Awards Winners". BRITISH UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES SPORT. BRITISH UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES SPORT. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

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