Manju Wanniarachchi

Manju Dinesh Kumara Wanniarachchi (Sinhala: මංජු දිනේෂ් කුමාර වන්නිආරච්චි) (born 2 December 1979, Kandy, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan boxer who won a gold medal at the XIX Commonwealth Games in the bantamweight 56-kilo category, defeating Sean McGoldrick of Wales in the final, but was later stripped of his medal after failing a drug test.[1] He is an old boy of Vidyartha College, Kandy.

Manju Wanniarachchi
Personal information
Full nameManju Dinesh Kumara Wanniarachchi
NationalitySri Lankan
Born (1979-12-02) 2 December 1979
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Sport
ClubSlimline Boxing Club

Drugs

On 24 October 2010 National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka announced that Wanniarachchi had failed a drug test taken during the Commonwealth Games.[2] A urine sample provided by the boxer had contained nandrolone, a banned performance-enhancing drug.[3] Wanniarachchi claims he failed the drug test due to the asthma medication he was taking.[4] Wanniarachchi subsequently failed the second doping test for a banned steroid. The Amateur Boxing Association of Sri Lanka said the "B" sample of 30-year-old Wanniarachchi's urine tested positive for nandrolone, a performance-enhancing substance. Wanniarachchi announced his intention to launch an appeal.[5]

Wanniarachchi was suspended from all boxing meets by the National Anti Doping Organization of Sri Lanka in March 2011.[6] The Commonwealth Games Federation stripped Wanniarachchi of his gold medal on 8 May 2011 after a meeting of Federation Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[7] On 23 May 2011, Wanniarachchi announced he was retiring from boxing.[8] After the lapse of the appeal period, McGoldrick was awarded the gold medal on 6 June 2011.[9]

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Manju Wanniarachchi wins gold in boxing event at the Commonwealth Games 2010". Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. "anju in danger of losing gold". BBC Sinhala. 24 October 2010.
  3. "Manju charged for taking banned drugs". Sunday Island, Sri Lanka. 24 October 2010.
  4. "Manju given 14 days". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 October 2010.
  5. AFP (15 November 2010). "Sri Lanka boxer fails second doping test". Lanka Business Online. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  6. "Manju Wanniarachchi suspended from all boxing meets". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 17 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  7. "Sri Lanka boxer stripped of gold medal". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  8. "Manju Wanniarachchi hangs his gloves". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  9. "Gold for Welsh boxer". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 6 June 2011.


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