Max Litchfield

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