Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix (born 2004)[1] is a British diver. She won her first solo international gold medal at the 2020 FINA Diving Grand Prix and later that year was selected as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.[2]

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.[3] The following year, partnering Emily Martin, she won Women's synchronised diving competition at the Junior European Championships in Kazan.[4]

Spendolini-Sirieix won a solo gold at the British Diving Championships in the Women's 10m Platform competition in 2020,[5] and a few weeks later won her first international gold medal at the FINA Grand Prix in Rostock in February 2020.[2] 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.[6][7]

She was selected as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year for 2020.[8]

Career Highlights
Competition 2018 2019 2020 Ref.
British Diving Championships, Women's 10m Synchro1st[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][3]
Junior European Championships, Women's Synchro1st[lower-alpha 3][4]
FINA Diving Grand Prix, Women's 10m Platform4th[9]
British Diving Championships, Women's 10m Platform1st[5]
FINA Grand Prix (Rostock), Women's 10m Platform1st[5]

Personal Life

Andrea is daughter of Fred Sirieix.

Notes
  1. with Josie Zillig
  2. There were no other entrants
  3. with Emily Martin

References
  1. "Andrea Spendolini Siriex". fina.org. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "Young Sports Personality of the Year 2020: Young diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix wins". bbc.co.uk. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. "Dixon reclaims national 10m title". Western Morning News. Plymouth, England. 28 January 2018. p. 48.
  4. "City divers win medals in Russia". Plymouth Evening Herald. Plymouth, England. 28 January 2018. p. 48.
  5. "Andrea dives on to young SPOTY shortlist". britishswimming.org. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  6. "FINA Diving Grand Prix 2020". fina.org. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  7. "Canada's Toth takes silver in 10-metre tower at diving Grand Prix event". The Tribune. Welland, Ontario, Canada. 21 February 2020.
  8. Myers, Rebecca (20 December 2020). "From high board to high heels for Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix". The Times. London.
  9. "FINA Diving Grand Prix 2019 Singapore: 10m Platform Women, Final -- 23rd November 2019". diverecorder.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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