Shailaja Pujari (born 12 June 1982) is a former

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. Pujari competed at the

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where she won gold medals in the 75 kg snatch, 75 kg clean and jerk and 75 kg total events. 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.

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