First Dates’ Fred Sirieix celebrates as daughter Andrea competes for Team GB at the Olympics

FIRST Dates star Fred Sireix celebrated as his daughter Andrea competed in diving for Team GB at the Olympics.

The 16-year-old – the youngest member of Team GB’s diving team – took part in the preliminary heats of the 10m diving event on Wednesday.

Fred gushed with pride in a sweet tribute as the teenager managed to get through to the semi-final.

Sharing a video of her incredible dive, the maître d’ wrote: “Well done for making the semi final mon 🦆 So proud of you ❤️”

The star’s followers heaped praise onto Andrea, with one person saying: “Fantastic your daughter is an olympian not many people can say that look forward to seeing her in Paris in 3 years time”

Another added: “Huge well done to Andrea I’ve been trying to get any results on social media Fred 🥰🥰🥰 @fredsirieix”

A third remarked: “Fingers crossed for your daughter that she goes all the way. Good luck!@fredsirieix1”

Andrea will compete in the semi-finals at 2am on Thursday, August 5.

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Andrea was crowned BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2020 and is part of Team GB’s 12-person diving squad desperate for Olympic glory.

Sadly for Fred, overseas spectators aren’t allowed inside the stadiums and arenas because of the coronavirus pandemic, so he won’t be able to cheer his daughter on in the flesh.

But even without her biggest supporter there, Andrea – who is fluent in three languages (English, French, and Italian) – is hoping to bring a medal home.

“Since I started my journey as an athlete, I always wanted to go to the Olympics, it was a big dream, and that that will never change,” she recently revealed.

“I’m going with an open mind.

“Of course I want to win medal, of course I want to do the best that I can do, but I want to show and I want to broadcast to everyone that I want to be the best.

“I can work hard to try and be the best and I’m so excited for this experience and I’m really, really happy.”