Michaela Breeze
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Michaela Breeze (born 17 May 1979) is a Welsh weightlifter. Michaela was born in Watford but raised in Cornwall. Educated at Wadebridge School, Cornwall Michaela started weightlifting under the guidance of PE teacher Dave Allen. Michaela then went onto Bodmin Community College before attending the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.
After nearly eighteen months of starting weightlifting she was put in touch with a new coach, Ken Price. Unfortunately she sustained a nasty back injury in 2000, which saw her miss international competition and training for over a year.
Michaela is currently a PE teacher at Ivybridge College in Devon.
[edit] Career Achievements
- Bronze medal in the Clean and Jerk at the World Junior Championships held in Savannah, USA in 1999.
- Winning the European Junior title in Poland in 1999.
- Gold in the snatch and silvers in the Clean and Jerk and combined total at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
- Bronze medal at the European Senior Championships in Greece in 2003.
- 9th position in the 58kg class of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- Gold medal in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
