[2] Litvinov competed in the men's +105 kg event at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan and the men's +105 kg event at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, United States.

[3] He also competed in the men's +109 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan and the men's +109 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.

He also competed in the men's +109 kg event at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow, Russia.

[5] In 2020, Litvinov won the bronze medal in the men's +109 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.

[1] Fernando Reis of Brazil had qualified to compete in the men's +109 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan but he was suspended after testing positive for human growth hormone.