Christina Loukas
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| Born | December 19, 1985 Riverwoods, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Riverwoods, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 3-meter springboard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Indiana Hoosiers | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christina Loukas (born December 19, 1985) is an American diver. She competes in the 3 meter springboard event.
Loukas is of Greek origin, and was born and grew up in Riverwoods, Illinois, where she studied gymnastics, swimming, and diving from an early age, before switching to diving exclusively at age twelve. She attended Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Illinois and competed in the off season with the Coho Swim Club. She later moved to Bloomington, Indiana and lives in The Woodlands, Texas.
Collegiate career
[edit]She attended Indiana University Bloomington and dived for the Indiana Hoosiers, where she was an eight-time NCAA All-American. Loukas won all three diving events at the conference championships, and was one of only four Big Ten divers to accomplish that feat. She graduated in May 2009.
Competitive Diving
[edit]Loukas placed fourth at the 2008 FINA Swimming World Cup. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, placing ninth, and in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, placing eighth.[1]
See also
[edit]- Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard
- Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 metre springboard
References
[edit]- ^ "Christina Loukas Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
External links
[edit]- Christina Loukas biography from NBC Olympics site
- 1985 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic divers for the United States
- Indiana Hoosiers women's divers
- American people of Greek descent
- People from Riverwoods, Illinois
- Sportspeople from Lake County, Illinois
- Sportspeople from Bloomington, Illinois
- American female divers
- Summer World University Games medalists in diving
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade