LITHERLAND Jay

United States of America

Swimming

Date of Birth: 24 Aug 1995

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Place of birth: OSAKA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 400m Individual Medley	2

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 400m Individual Medley - Heat 4	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 400m Individual Medley Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	400IndMed
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5th (4:11.68)

World Championships

Year	Location	400IndMed	4x200Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	2nd (4:09.22)	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	5th (4:12.05)	3rd

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	200Back	200Fly	200IndMed	400IndMed
2018	Tokyo, JPN	Final B (1:59.52)	Final B (1:58.31)	Final B (1:59.88)	4th (4:12.87)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Business - University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Club name:

Dynamo Swim Club [Atlanta, GA, USA]

Coach:

Ian Murray [club]

Sporting relatives:

He and brothers Mick and Kevin are triplets. His brothers have swum at national level in the United States of America and also represented the University of Georgia. (georgiadogs.com, 01 Feb 2016; teamusa.org, 26 Jun 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 18 Nov 2020)

Start:

He took up swimming at age eight. (swimswam.com, 01 Jul 2016)

Reason:

He and his two brothers, who are all triplets, were born two months premature due to breathing issues, so their parents encouraged them to take up swimming to strengthen their lungs. "We just loved the pool, and water in general, whenever we were in it. When we lived in California, we had a pool in our backyard, and when we moved to Miami, our parents signed us up for swim lessons." (teamusa.org, 26 Jun 2016; nbcnews.com, 03 Aug 2016)

Ambition:

To win a gold medal in the 400m individual medley at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Grady Newsource YouTube channel, 20 Apr 2020)

Training:

He trains with fellow US swimmer Chase Kalisz, a member of the Athens Bulldog Swim Club which is also based in Georgia, United States of America. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 05 Mar 2021; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 15 Jan 2021)

General Interest

General
TRIPLETS
He is a triplet, along with brothers Mick and Kevin. He is a fraternal triplet, while Mick and Kevin are identical. (swimswam.com, 01 Jul 2016; teamusa.org, 26 Jun 2016)

NATIONALITY
He and his brothers hold three different passports, having citizenship in the United States of America, Japan, and New Zealand. The brothers were born in Osaka, Japan, to a Japanese mother and a New Zealand father. After Japan, the family moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, before coming to the United States of America in 1999. They lived in California and Florida before settling in Georgia. As the family moved around, swimming became a way for the brothers to find friends in new places. His brothers first tried to qualify for the Olympic Games for New Zealand, but that was not an option for him because he had already represented the United States of America in international competition. (swimswam.com, 01 Jul 2016; teamusa.org, 26 Jun 2016)

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Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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