Shailaja Pujari
Indian weightlifter (born 1982) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shailaja Pujari (born 12 June 1982)[2] is a former Indian weightlifter.
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Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1982-06-12) 12 June 1982 (age 41) Andhra Pradesh,[1] India | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
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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]