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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
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origin, and was born and grew up in
Riverwoods, Illinois Riverwoods is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It was established on the banks of the Des Plaines River in 1959 by local steel magnate Jay Peterson. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,790. The corporate headquarters of ...
, where she studied
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, swimming, and diving from an early age, before switching to diving exclusively at age twelve. She attended Deerfield High School in
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and competed in the off season with the Coho Swim Club. She later moved to
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and lives in
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.


Collegiate career

She attended
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and dived for the
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, 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

Loukas placed fourth at the 2008 FINA Swimming World Cup. She competed in the
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in
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,
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, placing ninth, and in the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London, England, placing eighth.


See also

*
Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard Women's 3 meter springboard competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics was held from August 15 to August 17, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. It is an individual diving competition, with dives performed from a flexible springboard ...
* Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 metre springboard


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Christina Loukas biography
from NBC Olympics site {{DEFAULTSORT:Loukas, Christina Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic divers of the United States 1985 births Indiana University alumni American people of Greek descent People from Riverwoods, Illinois Sportspeople from Bloomington, Illinois Living people American female divers Universiade medalists in diving Universiade silver medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade 21st-century American women