Diane Dudeck

Diane Dudeck (born 1963) is a former National Open Champion and three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association All-American springboard diver.

Miss Dudeck first rose to national prominence as the one-meter springboard gold medalist at the 1981 U.S. Indoor Diving Championships.^[1] Three years later, while competing for the University of Michigan, Diane was named Big Ten Conference Diver of the Year for her first-place performance on the one-meter board.^[2] Later that season, Miss Dudeck earned a spot in the finals at the National Collegiate Championships; for her efforts, Diane was selected to the 1984 NCAA All-American Team. In April 1984, Dudeck was runner-up on the one-meter board at the U.S. indoor championships; Diane was also a three-meter finalist at the 1984 US Olympic Trials.^[3][4]

At the 1986 NCAA Championships -competing for the University of Arkansas- Miss Dudeck was the one-meter silver medalist; she was also a finalist on the three-meter board - resulting in a double berth to the 1986 All-American Team.^[5]

Noteworthy

Diane Dudeck is the daughter of former Olympic springboard diver, Barbara Sue Gilders.^[6] As an 19-year old Detroit-Mackenzie High School graduate, Miss Gilders represented the United States in the finals of the three-meter event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Diane's father, John Dudeck, was an accomplished athlete. A product of Detroit's Western High School, Dudeck swam at the collegiate level for Michigan State University. A former Big Ten Conference record holder and two-time Big Ten titlist in the 100-yard breaststroke (1953, 54); Dudeck was a nine-time All-American for the Spartans (1953-55).^[7][8][9]

References

1. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE2D81E39F934A25757C0A967948260
2. ^ http://bigten.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/genrel/auto_pdf/0708records-women-swimming
3. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19840412&id=Rv4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kHwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3708,3254062
4. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19840707&id=Fv8NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nXwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4475,6720704
5. ^ http://www.ladybacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=11600&SPID=683&DB_OEM_ID=2300&ATCLID=242627
6. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19810708&id=qwIMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k1kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6766,2360561
7. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/c-swim/auto_pdf/c-swim-mg-0708-section7.pdf
8. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=jhDHp7joHsgC&pg=PA331&lpg=PA331&dq=John+Dudeck+msu&source=bl&ots=SgXHZ3zIXm&sig=jptf7M8IQvf1ZkNLpsJiirJGuJI&hl=en&ei=7fqKSqCjE4-KNsPvgMYP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7#v=onepage&q=John%20Dudeck%20msu&f=false
9. ^ http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-swim/auto_pdf/msdrecordsbook08-09

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