Fred Sirieix has praised his daughter for having "nerves of steel" after Andrea won another gold medal at the European Aquatics Championships in Rome.The First Dates star, 50, who recently detailed falling for fiancée ‘Fruitcake’ and the unusual way they met, took to his Instagram to share his pride as he posted several photos of the 17 year old standing at the top of the 10m dive platform as well as a snap of the rankings, showing her name at the very top.
In the caption, he gushed over his teen daughter as he wrote: "Andrea just won [gold medal] at the European Championships in Rome #diving #10m #platform #goAndrea.
Fred, whose daughter scored 76.80 for her final dive, with a total of 333.60, continued: "Nail bitting stuff once again! What a great last dive!
My little [duck] has nerves of steel [red heart emoji] Well done my love [three clapping hands emojis] we are so proud of you. "You are an inspiration and a ray of sunshine x".
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