Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix

Career At the British Diving Championships in 2018, Spendolini-Sirieix and her colleague from Crystal Palace Diving Club, Josie Zillig, won the women's 10m synchronised diving event, completing five dives as the only entrants. and a few weeks later won her first international gold medal at the FINA Grand Prix in Rostock in February 2020. Having been in second place during the first four rounds in Rostock, she achieved a score of 76.80 on her final dive to win with a total of 330.50, ahead of Celina Toth who scored a total of 329.35.

Spendolini-Sirieix earned her place as the youngest member of the Team GB diving team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after some successful performances over the previous two years, including two medals at the 2021 European Championships. In Tokyo, aged only 16, Andrea went through the rounds and reached the Olympic final in the Women's 10m Platform, ultimately finishing seventh.

She was selected as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2020, and was shortlisted again in 2022.

In May 2021, Spendolini-Sirieix and Noah Williams won a silver medal in the 10m mixed synchro event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships. She also won a bronze in individual 10m platform at the Championships.

In August 2022, she won two gold medals, in the Women's 10m platform and the Mixed Pairs Synchronised 10m platform with Noah Williams,

In May 2023, she won her second 10m platform title at the British Diving Championships.

In July 2023 Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix won silver at 2023 World Aquatics Championships in the Women's 10m synchro.

A year later, they won bronze in the Women's 10m Synchro at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Spendolini-Sirieix came 6th in the individual 10 metre platform at the Games.

Spendolini-Sirieix was named the 2024 European Aquatics’ Female Diver of the Year and the 2024 Sunday Times Young Sportswoman award.

Personal life Spendolini-Sirieix is the daughter of French-born maitre d'hotel and television personality Fred Sirieix, who rose to fame in the United Kingdom through the First Dates television series. Her mother, Alex Spendolini, is of Italian heritage. Her father was employed as a roving reporter during the 2024 Summer Olympics for the BBC as a French and Paris native familiar to British television viewers, and interviewed his daughter when she won her bronze medal.

Spendolini-Sirieix is a Christian. After winning bronze at the 2024 Olympics, she gave an interview in which she spoke about giving glory to God.

Career highlights

A. with Josie Zilling (there were no other entrants) B. with Emily Martin C. with Noah Williams D. with Lois Toulson