Name: Jay Litherland

Sport: Swimming

Event(s): 400-meter Individual Medley

Height: 6-0

DOB: 8/24/1995

Birthplace: Osaka, Japan

Hometown: Athens, Ga.

High School: Chattahoochee High School (Johns Creek, Ga.) ‘14

College: University of Georgia ‘18, Business

Team/Club: Dynamo Swim Club

Coach(es): Jack Bauerle

Olympic Experience

• Two-time Olympian (2016, 2020); one-time Olympic medalist (silver)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, silver (400-meter individual medley)
• Olympic Games Rio 2016, 5th (400-meter individual medley)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2019 – silver (400 individual medley)
• Years of participation: 2017, 2019
• Medals: 2 (1 silver, 1 bronze)
• Silver – 2019 (400 individual medley)
• Bronze – 2017 (4x200 freestyle relay)

Personal: Son of Andrew and Chizuko...Is a triplet with brothers Kevin and Mick...His brothers also swam at the University of Georgia...Started swimming at age 8...Enjoys skateboarding...Has triple citizenship in the United States, Japan and New Zealand...Speaks Japanese.

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