Formal Portrait of a young woman. She is wearing a dark blue blazer; a white undershirt; a blue red and white scarf; and a white hat. She has her left hand on her hip and her other arm at her side. Her body is turned slightly away from the camera, but he head is looking towards it.

Christina Loukas (b. Riverwoods, Illinois, December 19, 1985) is an American diver. She competes in the 3 m springboard event.

Loukas's father is from Greece. She was born and grew up in Riverwoods, Illinois, and 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 currently lives in Woodlands, Texas.

She attended Indiana University and swam 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 to accomplish that feat. She graduated in May 2009.


Loukas placed fourth at the 2008 World Cup, and competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, placing ninth.

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