Manju Wanniarachchi

Manju Wanniarachchi
Personal information
Full name Manju Dinesh Kumara Wanniarachchi
Nationality Sri Lankan
Born (1979-12-02) 2 December 1979
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Sport
Club Slimline Boxing Club

Manju Dinesh Kumara Wanniarachchi (Sinhalese: 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.

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. 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]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Manju Wanniarachchi wins gold in boxing event at the Commonwealth Games 2010". Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  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. ↑ Wanniarachchi fails second drugs test
  6. ↑ "Manju Wanniarachchi suspended from all boxing meets". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 17 March 2011.
  7. ↑ "Sri Lanka boxer stripped of gold medal". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 10 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Manju Wanniarachchi hangs his gloves". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 May 2011.
  9. ↑ "Gold for Welsh boxer". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 6 June 2011.


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