Christian diving star Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix gave ‘glory to God’ upon winning a bronze medal for diving in the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson won Great Britain’s third diving medal of the Games, taking the bronze at the last in the women’s synchronised 10-metre platform.
In a post medal ceremony interview with the BBC, the 19 year-old was overwhelmed with emotion as she expressed her gratitude.
With tears in her eyes she said: “I’m so happy! I usually have so much to say, I don’t have anything to say today.”
“Having my family here, doing it alongside Lois, it’s been a crazy two years,” she told the BBC.
“I give glory to God.”
A strong final dive from the pair got them past nearest rivals Canada while defending champions China took gold, with North Korea earning silver.
Spendolini-Sirieix’s father and TV personality Fred Sirieix said: “It’s always a roller-coaster with you girls, you really took me round the bend and through the mill but that last dive was spectacular.
“I’m just in awe with what they have achieved. I’m so proud, so proud, I’m bursting.”
The Team GB star made her Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games and regularly shares her faith in the public sphere, and with her followers online. Prior to the launch of the 2024 Games she shared Matthew 5:14 on her Instagram which reads: “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden” she added: “Every athlete will be experiencing some sort of pressure and noise, but I am ensuring my focus is directed towards the light of God. I want to dive like no one is watching, even if the whole world is.
