Manju Dinesh Kumara Wanniarachchi ( si, මංජු දිනේෂ් කුමාර වන්නිආරච්චි) (born 2 December 1979) is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n amateur boxer. He won a gold medal at the

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in the bantamweight category, defeating

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in the final, but was later stripped of his medal after failing a

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. He is an old boy of

Vidyartha College Vidyartha College ( Sinhala: විද්‍යාර්ථ විද්‍යලය) is an all-male national school located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. The college was founded in 1942 by the Vidyartha Society, and is currently run by t ...

, Kandy.

Drugs

On 24 October 2010

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announced that Wanniarachchi had failed a drug test taken during the Commonwealth Games. A

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provided by the boxer had contained nandrolone, a banned performance-enhancing drug. Wanniarachchi claims he failed the drug test due to the asthma medication he was taking. 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. Wanniarachchi was suspended from all boxing meets by the National Anti Doping Organization of Sri Lanka in March 2011. The Commonwealth Games Federation stripped Wanniarachchi of his gold medal on 8 May 2011 after a meeting of Federation Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. On 23 May 2011, Wanniarachchi announced he was retiring from boxing. After the lapse of the appeal period, McGoldrick was awarded the gold medal on 6 June 2011.

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