Chinthana Vidanage

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.

Chinthana Vidanage
Personal information
Full nameChinthana Geetal Vidanage Vidanage
NationalitySri Lankan
Born (1981-12-31) 31 December 1981
Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
Weight68.81 kg (151.7 lb)
Sport
Country Sri Lanka
SportWeightlifting
Weight class69 kg
TeamNational team
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Sri Lanka
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2006 Melbourne62 kg
Silver medal – second place2010 Delhi69 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 Tashkent81 kg
Updated on 2 January 2022.

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

A 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

References
  1. 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.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Vidanage tests positive for banned substance". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 24 May 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.
  6. "Doping-Sri Lanka lifter banned after positive drug test - media". Eurosport. 24 May 2011.
  7. Pathirana, Saroj (5 June 2011). "Gold medallist admits taking banned drugs". BBC Sinhala.
  8. "Weightlifting: Chinthana Vidanage slapped with a four-year ban". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012.
  9. "Four year ban on Chinthana". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 10 August 2011.


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