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Sanamacha Chanu

Indian weightlifter

Sanamacha Thingbaijam Chanu (born 2 October 1978) is an Indian weightlifter who competed in the women's 53 kg weight cl* at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She originally finished fourth, but tested positive for a banned substance and was disqualified.She had also won three golds at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and was a part of the core team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games at New Delhi, during the trials for which, she was tested positive for methylhexanamine; a stimulant commonly used as a nasal decongestant.She was banned for eight years for her second doping offence.

Contents

  • 1 Major results
  • 2 See also
  • 3 References
  • 4 External links

Major results

See also

  • List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

  • Yahoo! Sports

    External links