Spendolini-Sirieix still fighting teenage battles despite summer of success
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix might be a double Commonwealth and European champion but the diving sensation still has to fight the everyday battles of a teenager. At the beginning of 2022, the 18-year-old from London was struggling to manage the stress of being an elite athlete and schoolgirl. Ad But with an incredible support system behind her, she pushed on and erupted onto the senior world stage, an achievement that saw her named National Lottery Awards 2022 Athlete of the Year after beating the likes of Eilish McColgan and Laura Kenny in a public vote.


