| Fullname: | Barbara Sue Gilders |
| Birth Date: | 23 July 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 3 in |
| Weight: | 110 lb |
| Sport: | Diving |
| Club: | Detroit Athletic Club |
| Coach: | Clarence Pinkston |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
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]