Background[]
- Long-time coach of both swimming and diving at Ohio University.
- Was a 4-letter earner as an undergraduate at Ohio State University, playing soccer, swimming, diving, and track.
- At the end of his career, he coached diving at Kenyon College.
- Worked for many summers at the sports camps in Canada (also known as CAN)
at Camp Chikopi and Camp Ak-o-mak.
Image from a mural of divers from Ohio State University who won NCAA Diving titles.
Details[]
- Mentor to Mark Rauterkus, Jay Chambers.
Blog[]
Overview[]
Fletcher Gilders (1931-1999) was a Detroit native who won fame as a talented multi-sport athlete for the Colts of Northwestern High School and the Buckeyes of Ohio State University. Following a stellar athletic career, Gilders earned distinction as a highly successful collegiate swimming and diving coach.In 1948, Fletcher Gilders was voted Michigan High School Track and Field Athlete of the Year; later that summer, the versatile Gilders competed as a springboard diver at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Detroit.
Newspaper clip about Fletcher.