Para-athlete Olivia Breen shocked by BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2022 award

The sports personality of the year in Wales is a para- athlete.

His best career time was 12.83 seconds.

I'm not sure what to think. I didn't think I'd win the award, but it's a huge honor.

Being a team captain in athletics with Osian Jones was a great moment for me.

It makes you appreciate life and having a crowd as well, because at Team Wales everyone was so supportive.

She was the first Welsh woman to win a medal at a Commonwealth Games since 1990.

The man has had to play second fiddle many times.

There was only one year in which Breen could look on from seventh.

The performance of her career was finally turned on its head in the city.

One of the most memorable moments of the games was her emotional post race interview.

Getting a medal would have been great but getting a gold was even better.

For the past nine years, I've had a rivalry with her, she's been winning for years, and I think it made the rivalry worse.

Hard work pays off.

  • BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year winners

An expert panel chaired by Welsh Rugby Union performance director Nigel Walker included Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, the Cricket Wales chief executive and a former Wales footballer.

Walker said that the panel was unanimous in their decision to award the Wales' Sports Personality of the Year in the year 2022.

It was a performance that was very popular in the UK as it was replayed for many days after her victory over the heavy favorite.

It was one of the best performances of the Games. The quality of the performance was obvious, but it was also the way in which she shared her joy with those lucky enough to be in the stadium that made her so happy. It is a special moment.

Menna Fitzpatrick, who added to her vast collection of medals on the world stage despite a late change of guide, for example, was mentioned, as well as Wales' first men's football World Cup since 1958, and for Jeremiah Azu, who announced that Wales would play in the

The World Para-Athletics Championships will be held in Paris in July of 2023.

"I've been injured the last six weeks, but I'm getting back into it," said the man.

When I was in Portugal, I had a knee problem.

I was on a high but came back to training and things were going well, so it was a bit of a low but I have to keep positive and it will come.

I want to get faster and stronger in Paris. My main goal is to get that.

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