![]() Gilders in 1959 | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Barbara Sue Gilders | ||||||||||||||
Born | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | July 23, 1937||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||
Club | Detroit Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Clarence Pinkston | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Barbara Sue Gilders (later Dudeck, born July 23, 1937) is a retired American diver. She competed in the 3 m springboard at the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1959 Pan American Games and finished fourth and third, respectively. [1] Coached by four-time Olympic medalist, Clarence Pinkston, Gilders entered the Olympics as the 1956 AAU champion, and Olympic Trials silver medalist. Later she won the AAU indoor titles in the one-meter (1958) and three-meter springboard (1959). [2] [3] In June 1959, she won the Pan American Games trials; later that summer, in what would be her final international competition, Gilders won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games. [4] [5]
Gilders is a native of Detroit, MI, and attended Mackenzie High School. [6]
Gilders is the younger sister of Fletcher Gilders, a two-time NCAA diving champion at Ohio State. Fletcher was also a Hall of Fame Diving Coach for Ohio University and three-time NCAA Division III Coach of the Year at Kenyon College. Gilders married John Dudeck, a former swimmer for Michigan State University. A Big Ten Conference record holder and two-time Big Ten titlist in the 100-yard breaststroke (1953 and 54), he was a nine-time All-American for the Spartans (1953–55). [7] [8] [9] Their daughter Diane Dudeck won the national indoor title in the one-meter springboard in 1981; she was also a 1984 NCAA All-American. [10]
![]() Gilders in 1959 | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Barbara Sue Gilders | ||||||||||||||
Born | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | July 23, 1937||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||
Club | Detroit Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Clarence Pinkston | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Barbara Sue Gilders (later Dudeck, born July 23, 1937) is a retired American diver. She competed in the 3 m springboard at the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1959 Pan American Games and finished fourth and third, respectively. [1] Coached by four-time Olympic medalist, Clarence Pinkston, Gilders entered the Olympics as the 1956 AAU champion, and Olympic Trials silver medalist. Later she won the AAU indoor titles in the one-meter (1958) and three-meter springboard (1959). [2] [3] In June 1959, she won the Pan American Games trials; later that summer, in what would be her final international competition, Gilders won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games. [4] [5]
Gilders is a native of Detroit, MI, and attended Mackenzie High School. [6]
Gilders is the younger sister of Fletcher Gilders, a two-time NCAA diving champion at Ohio State. Fletcher was also a Hall of Fame Diving Coach for Ohio University and three-time NCAA Division III Coach of the Year at Kenyon College. Gilders married John Dudeck, a former swimmer for Michigan State University. A Big Ten Conference record holder and two-time Big Ten titlist in the 100-yard breaststroke (1953 and 54), he was a nine-time All-American for the Spartans (1953–55). [7] [8] [9] Their daughter Diane Dudeck won the national indoor title in the one-meter springboard in 1981; she was also a 1984 NCAA All-American. [10]