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Sanamacha Chanu
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<div>{{short description|Indian weightlifter}}<br />
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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name =Sanamacha Chanu <br />
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| fullname = Sanamacha Thingbaijam Chanu<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|02|01|df=y}}<br />
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| weight = {{convert|52.74|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<br />
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| country = {{flagu|India}}<br />
| sport = [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]<br />
| weight_class = 53 kg<br />
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| team = National team<br />
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| updated = 13 September 2016<br />
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'''Sanamacha Thingbaijam Chanu''' (born1 February 1975) is an [[India]]n [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] who competed in the [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg|women's 53 kg]] weight class at the [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]]. She originally finished fourth, but [[doping test|tested]] positive for a banned substance and was disqualified.<br />
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.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130125060149/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Weightlifter-Sanamacha-Chanu-caught-for-doping/Article1-597653.aspx]</ref><br />
She was banned for eight years for her second doping offence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pratima, Chanu test positive for drugs |url=http://in.rediff.com/sports/2004/aug/19oly-lift1.htm |work=Rediff.com India |date=19 August 2004 |access-date=2007-04-30 }}</ref><br />
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==Major results==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
! rowspan="2" width="40" |Year<br />
! rowspan="2" width="250" |Venue<br />
! rowspan="2" width="60" |Weight<br />
! colspan="4" |Snatch (kg)<br />
! colspan="4" |Clean & Jerk (kg)<br />
! rowspan="2" width="40" |Total<br />
! rowspan="2" width="40" |Rank <br />
|-<br />
! width="40" |1!! width="40" |2!! width="40" |3!! width="40" |Rank!! width="40" |1!! width="40" |2!! width="40" |3!! width="40" |Rank<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="13" |[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2003 World Weightlifting Championships|2003]]|| align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Vancouver]], [[Canada]]||[[2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg|53 kg]]||77.5||80||'''82.5'''||9||102.5||'''107.5'''||<s>110</s>||7||'''190'''||7<br />
|-<br />
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|[[1999 World Weightlifting Championships|1999]]|| align="left" |{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Piraeus]], [[Greece]]||[[1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg|48 kg]]||<s>75</s>||<s>75</s>||<s>75</s>||---||'''90'''||<s>95</s>||<s>95</s>||15 ||'''0'''||---<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences]]<br />
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==References==<br />
*[https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/ind/Sanamacha+Chanu/9003805 Yahoo! Sports]<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Footer Commonwealth Games Champions Weightlifting Women Featherweight}}<br />
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[[Category:1978 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female weightlifters]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic weightlifters of India]]<br />
[[Category:Doping cases in weightlifting]]<br />
[[Category:Indian sportspeople in doping cases]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]<br />
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