 Breeze produced a record-breaking performance in Melbourne |
Michaela Breeze has just missed out on being named as the Commonwealth's female athlete of the year. The Welsh weightlifter was runner-up at the Commonwealth Sports Awards, with Canadian gymnast Alexandra Orlando taking the top prize.
Welsh swimmer David Roberts was third in the outstanding male elite athlete with disability category.
Another Welshman, swimming coach Dave Haller, was third in the lifetime achievement category.
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell was voted the outstanding male athlete of 2006.
Breeze, 27, won Wales' first of three gold medals at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games with a record-breaking lift in the 63kg women's weightlifting competition.
Roberts, 26, swam just outside his own S7 world record to win the bronze medal in the 100m EAD freestyle event.
Haller is head coach at City of Cardiff Swimming Club and his latest achievement in a 41-year career has been to nurture David Davies into a world-class competitor.
Davies claimed 1500m freestyle gold in Melbourne.
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