{{Infobox sportsperson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = | sport = Diving |disability = |disability_class = | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1963}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, United States | death_date = | death_place = | retired= | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates = }}
'''Diane Dudeck''' (born 1963) is a former National Open Champion and three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association All-American springboard diver.
Dudeck first rose to national prominence as the one-meter springboard gold medalist at the 1981 U.S. Indoor Diving Championships.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE2D81E39F934A25757C0A967948260|title = Miss Dudek, Floridian, Wins One-Meter Diving|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 17 April 1981}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bigten.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/genrel/auto_pdf/0708records-women-swimming |title=Big Ten Conference Official Athletic Site |access-date=2008-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022073250/http://bigten.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/genrel/auto_pdf/0708records-women-swimming |archive-date=2008-10-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Later that season, 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19840412&id=Rv4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kHwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3708,3254062|title=St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search}}</ref><ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19840707&id=Fv8NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nXwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4475,6720704 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
At the 1986 NCAA Championships, at which she competed for the University of Arkansas, 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ladybacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=11600&SPID=683&DB_OEM_ID=2300&ATCLID=242627 |title=Invalid Access |access-date=2008-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022180931/http://www.ladybacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=11600&SPID=683&DB_OEM_ID=2300&ATCLID=242627 |archive-date=2008-10-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Noteworthy == Diane Dudeck is the daughter of former Olympic springboard diver, Barbara Sue Gilders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19810708&id=qwIMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k1kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6766,2360561|title=The Evening Independent - Google News Archive Search}}</ref> As a 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).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/c-swim/auto_pdf/c-swim-mg-0708-section7.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190607/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/c-swim/auto_pdf/c-swim-mg-0708-section7.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2025-10-26 |website=grfx.cstv.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jhDHp7joHsgC&q=John+Dudeck+msu&pg=PA331|title = Spartan Sports Encyclopedia: A History of the Michigan State Men's Athletic Program|isbn = 9781582612195|last1 = Seibold|first1 = Jack|year = 2003| publisher=Sports Publishing LLC }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-swim/auto_pdf/msdrecordsbook08-09 |title=Big Ten Conference Official Athletic Site |access-date=2009-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703144304/http://www.bigten.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/big10/sports/m-swim/auto_pdf/msdrecordsbook08-09 |archive-date=2010-07-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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