Sean McGoldrick (born 3 December 1991) is a

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professional boxer who has held the

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and Commonwealth

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titles since February 2023. As an amateur he was awarded the gold medal for the

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division at the

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Amateur career

McGoldrick was born in

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, Newport. At the time of the games, he was an 18-year-old pupil at Duffryn Comprehensive School and the Wales national coach was Colin Jones. On 24 October 2010

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announced that Wanniarachchi had failed a

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taken during the 2010 Commonwealth Games. A urine sample provided by the boxer had contained

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, a banned performance-enhancing drug. Wanniarachchi claims he failed the drugs test due to the asthma medication he was taking. Wanniarachchi subsequently failed the second drugs test and intended to launch an appeal. In December 2010 McGoldrick was selected as BBC Wales Junior Sportsman of the Year. In June 2011 McGoldrick was retroactively awarded the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bantamweight gold medal.MgGoldrick awarded Gold medal
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Professional boxing record

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