- Manju Wanniarachchi
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Manju Wanniarachchi Personal information Full name Manju Dinesh Kumara Wanniarachchi Nationality 
Sri LankaBorn 2 December 1979
Kandy, Sri LankaHeight 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) Sport Club Slimline Boxing Club Manju Dinesh Kumara Wanniarachchi (Sinhala: මන්ජු දිනේෂ් කුමාර වන්නිආරච්චි) (born 2 December 1979, Kandy, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan boxer who won gold medal at the XIX Commonwealth Games Boxing Bantam Weight 56-kilo category, defeating Sean McGoldrick of Wales in the final, but was later stripped of his medal after failing a drugs test.[1] He is an old boy of Vidyartha College, Kandy.
Drugs
On 24 October 2010 National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka announced that Wanniarachchi had failed a drugs 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 drugs 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. However, Wanniarachchi intends 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]
Notes and references
- ^ "Manju Wanniarachchi wins gold in boxing event at the Commonwealth Games 2010". http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/4721-manju-wanniarachchi-wins-gold-in-boxing-event-at-the-commonwealth-games. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
- ^ "anju in danger of losing gold". BBC Sinhala. 24 October 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/10/101024_manju_dope.shtml.
- ^ "Manju charged for taking banned drugs". Sunday Island, Sri Lanka. 24 October 2010. http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=9691.
- ^ "Manju given 14 days". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 October 2010. http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/7324-manju-given-14-days.html.
- ^ Wanniarachchi fails second drugs test
- ^ "Manju Wanniarachchi suspended from all boxing meets". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 17 March 2011. http://print.dailymirror.lk/sports/128-local/38483.html.
- ^ "Sri Lanka boxer stripped of gold medal". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 10 May 2011. http://print.dailymirror.lk/sports/128-local/43437.html.
- ^ "Manju Wanniarachchi hangs his gloves". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 May 2011. http://print.dailymirror.lk/sports/128-local/44853.html.
- ^ "Gold for Welsh boxer". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 6 June 2011. http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/11786-gold-for-welsh-boxer.html.
Categories:- 1979 births
- Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka
- Doping cases in boxing
- Living people
- Sri Lankan boxers
- Sri Lankan sportspeople in doping cases
- People from Kandy
- Asian boxing biography stubs
- Sri Lankan sportspeople stubs
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