Chinthana Geetal Vidanage (born December 31, 1981) is a Sri Lankan weightlifter.[1] He won a gold medal in the men's 62 kg category weightlifting; the first weightlifting gold medal for Sri Lanka in the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Australia.[2] In, 2011 Vidanage was banned for four years for violating anti-doping rules.
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| Full name | Chinthana Geetal Vidanage Vidanage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Sri Lankan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1981 Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68.81 kg (151.7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 69 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He was born in Polonnaruwa. Vidanage was a student of Polonnaruwa Royal Central College.
Vidanage has qualified to compete for Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[3][4]
Drugs
editA urine sample provided by Vidanage in April 2011 at the 2011 Asian Weightlifting Championships in China was found to have metabolites of two methylhexanamine, which is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.[5][6] Vidanage admitted taking the drug "unknowingly".[7] The International Weightlifting Federation subsequently banned him for four years.[8][9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chinthana Vidanage". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Men's 62 kg - Medallists". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ "IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (final)" (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ Ratnaweera, Dhammika (15 March 2022). "Ten Lankan weightlifters to compete at Commonwealth Games". Daily News. Lake House. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Vidanage tests positive for banned substance". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 May 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.
- ^ "Doping-Sri Lanka lifter banned after positive drug test - media". Eurosport. 24 May 2011.
- ^ Pathirana, Saroj (5 June 2011). "Gold medallist admits taking banned drugs". BBC Sinhala.
- ^ "Weightlifting: Chinthana Vidanage slapped with a four-year ban". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012.
- ^ "Four year ban on Chinthana". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 10 August 2011.
External links
edit- Chinthana Vidanage at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Chinthana Vidanage at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Chinthana Vidanage at Olympics.com
- Chinthana Vidanage at Olympedia
- Chinthana Vidanage at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Chinthana Vidanage at Olympic.kaputa.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 August 2008)
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