A lover of surfing and football, Littlehales has studied psychology at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He started to paddle in 2014 thanks to his uncle Mike Druce, who has worked with the Australian Canoe Slalom team. At his third Paralympic appearance, he won silver in the KL3 200m at Paris 2024. A fan of Steven Gerrard, he paddled for more than 100km in the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic to fundraise for Cancer Council Australia after his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.