Bio

Max Litchfield is a British competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the 2016 Olympics, 2017 World Championships, 2014/16 LEN European Aquatics Championships and 2015 World University Games. He also competed for England in the 2014/18 Commonwealth Games. He competes internationally in Indivudal medley (IM) and freestyle swimming events.

In 2013, Max competed in the European and World Junior Championships hosted in Poznan and Dubai respectively. In Poznan, Max swam his way to a silver medal in the 200IM and helped the 4x200m team win gold in a new European Junior record time. A month later at the World Junior Championships, Max competed in the 200IM and 400IM finals and once again swam in the 4x200 team which won gold, this time in a World Junior record.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, he finished 12th in both the 400IM and the 1500m freestyle. He also competed at the European Championships in Berlin in the same year where he finished fourth in the final of the 400m IM.

At the Olympic trials in 2016, Max 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 Olympic Games in Rio de Janerio achieving a 5th place in his heat. In the finals, he improved his personal best further to place 4th in his first Olympic final.

In 2017, Max made his first World Championships Qualifying in April at his home pool of Ponds Forge. In July, he flew out to Budapest to compete in 200IM and 400IM where he made both finals placing 4th achieving British and Commonwealth records in each.

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After Worlds in 2017, Max struggled with an injury and after lots of rehabilitation, physio work and determination to keep his fitness levels up out of the pool; he decided to withdraw from Commonwealth Games in Australia 2018. His focus in the months throughout Commonwealths and to the end of the season, will remain stable and Max will always be determined to make Europeans at the end of the year with no shoulder problems.