Shailaja Pujari
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Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Andhra Pradesh,[1] India | 12 June 1982||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
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Shailaja Pujari (born 12 June 1982)[2] is a former Indian weightlifter.
Pujari competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she won gold medals in the 75 kg snatch, 75 kg clean and jerk and 75 kg total events.[3]
She was removed from India's 2006 Commonwealth Games team after testing positive for steroids and was given a lifetime ban from competing in January 2010 after testing positive for a banned substance in September 2009.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Life-banned Shailaja Pujari faces another ban?". The Hindu. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Results". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Shailaja Pujari | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Indian weightlifter gets lifetime ban for doping". ESPN.com. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2020.