15 Facts About Jay Litherland

Jay Litherland was born on August 24,1995 and is an American competition swimmer.

Jay Litherland represents DC Trident which is part of the International Swimming League.

Jay Litherland won the silver medal in the Men's 400 Individual Medley at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in a time of 4:10.28.

Jay Litherland was a World University Games gold medalist at the 2015 Summer Universiade and a bronze medalist at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.

Jay Litherland was born in Amagasaki, Japan as a triplet, along with brothers Mick and Kevin.

Jay Litherland's father, Andrew Litherland, is a chef from New Zealand, and his mother, Chizuko, is from Japan.

The family settled in Johns Creek, Georgia, and Jay Litherland was named an All-American in swimming while he was a student at Chattahoochee High School.

Jay Litherland originally contacted the New Zealand swimming federation with interest in competing for them for the 2016 Olympics, but he had already competed for the US at an international event, meaning he would have required special permission to switch to New Zealand.

At the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, Jay Litherland won gold in the 400-meter IM, out-splitting compatriot Josh Prenot by 3 seconds on the freestyle leg to overtake him with a time of 4:12.43.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Jay Litherland placed 5th in the 400-meter IM with a time of 4:11.68.

At the 2017 USA Swimming Championships, Jay Litherland placed 2nd in the 400-meter IM with a time of 4:09.31, qualifying him to swim the event at that year's World Championships.

Jay Litherland finished 5th in the 200-meter IM, 9th in the 400-meter freestyle, and 7th in the 200-meter freestyle.

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Jay Litherland placed 5th in the 400-meter IM in a time of 4:12.05.

Jay Litherland finished 6th in the 200-meter IM and 7th in the 200-meter freestyle.

Jay Litherland outtouched bronze medalist Brendon Smith by one-tenth of a second.