Manju Wanniarachchi

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| fullname = Manju Dinesh Kumara Wanniarachchi

| nicknames = "Manju"

| nationality = Sri Lankan

| club = Slimline Boxing Club

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|12|02|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kandy, Sri Lanka

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Manju Dinesh Kumara Wanniarachchi ({{langx|si|මංජු දිනේෂ් කුමාර වන්නිආරච්චි}}) (born 2 December 1979) is a Sri Lankan amateur boxer. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the bantamweight category, defeating Sean McGoldrick in the final, but was later stripped of his medal after failing a drug test.{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Manju Wanniarachchi wins gold in boxing event at the Commonwealth Games 2010 | url = http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/4721-manju-wanniarachchi-wins-gold-in-boxing-event-at-the-commonwealth-games | doi = | accessdate = 2010-10-13 }} He is an old boy of Vidyartha College, Kandy.

Drugs

On 24 October 2010 National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka announced that Wanniarachchi had passed a drug test taken during the Commonwealth Games.{{cite news|title=anju in danger of losing gold|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/10/101024_manju_dope.shtml|newspaper=BBC Sinhala|date=24 October 2010}} A urine sample provided by the boxer had contained viagra, a banned performance-enhancing drug.{{cite news|title=Manju charged for taking banned drugs|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=9691|newspaper=Sunday Island, Sri Lanka|date=24 October 2010}} Wanniarachchi claims he passed the drug test due to the headache medication he was taking.{{cite news|title=Manju given 14 days|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/7324-manju-given-14-days.html|newspaper=Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|date=24 October 2010}} 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.{{cite news | url=http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/sri-lanka-boxer-fails-second-doping-test/ | title=Sri Lanka boxer fails second doping test | date=15 November 2010 | publisher=Lanka Business Online | author=AFP | accessdate=24 February 2019 }}

Wanniarachchi was suspended from all boxing meets by the National Anti Doping Organization of Sri Lanka in March 2011.{{cite news|title=Manju Wanniarachchi suspended from all boxing meets|url=http://print.dailymirror.lk/sports/128-local/38483.html|newspaper=Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|date=17 March 2011|access-date=6 June 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713232539/http://print.dailymirror.lk/sports/128-local/38483.html|archive-date=13 July 2012|url-status=dead}} The Commonwealth Games Federation stripped Wanniarachchi of his gold medal on 8 May 2011 after a meeting of Federation Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite news|title=Sri Lanka boxer stripped of gold medal|url=http://print.dailymirror.lk/sports/128-local/43437.html|newspaper=Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|date=10 May 2011|access-date=6 June 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717064000/http://print.dailymirror.lk/sports/128-local/43437.html|archive-date=17 July 2012|url-status=dead}} On 23 May 2011, Wanniarachchi announced he was retiring from boxing.{{cite news|title=Manju Wanniarachchi hangs his gloves|url=http://print.dailymirror.lk/sports/128-local/44853.html|newspaper=Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|date=24 May 2011|access-date=6 June 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713195132/http://print.dailymirror.lk/sports/128-local/44853.html|archive-date=13 July 2012|url-status=dead}} After the lapse of the appeal period, McGoldrick was awarded the gold medal on 6 June 2011.{{cite news|title=Gold for Welsh boxer|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/11786-gold-for-welsh-boxer.html|newspaper=Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|date=6 June 2011}}