| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Manju Dinesh Kumara Wanniarachchi |
| Nationality | Sri Lanka |
| Born | 2 December 1979 Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Height | 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.
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]