Barbara Gilders
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| Full name | Barbara Sue Gilders | ||||||||||||
| Born | (1937年07月23日) July 23, 1937 (age 87) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||
| Club | Detroit Athletic Club | ||||||||||||
| Coached by | Clarence Pinkston | ||||||||||||
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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]
Personal life
[edit ]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]
References
[edit ]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Gilders". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
- ^ Teenagers Set Place in Swim. Toledo Blade (April 11, 1958)
- ^ Archives: Chicago Tribune – WO NATIONAL AAU SWIMMING RECORDS FALL. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com (April 12, 1959). Retrieved on 2017年09月28日.
- ^ Marcia Thompson In Eighth Place. Sarasota Herald-Tribune (August 8, 1959)
- ^ Irving T. Marsh and Edward Ehre, ed. (1960). Best Sports Stories, 1960 Edition. Arno Press. ISBN 0405120435.
- ^ Puscas, George (August 3, 1956). "Gilderses Seek to Make It Family Olympics". Detroit Free Press.
- ^ 2007–08 Michigan State Swimming & Diving Archived November 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. cstv.com
- ^ [1] [dead link ]
- ^ Big Ten Official Athletic Site Archived July 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Bigten.org (June 16, 2015). Retrieved on 2017年09月28日.
- ^ Big Ten Official Athletic Site Archived October 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Bigten.cstv.com (June 16, 2015). Retrieved on 2017年09月28日.
- 1938 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Detroit
- American female divers
- Divers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic divers for the United States
- Divers at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in diving
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- Mackenzie High School (Michigan) alumni