David Munyasia, Date of Birth

    

David Munyasia

Kenyan boxer

Date of Birth: 02-May-1980

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Kenya

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About David Munyasia

  • David Munyasia, a Kenyan boxer, was the first athlete to be found in violation of International Olympic Committee anti-doping rules at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. On 10 August 2004, the IOC announced that Munyasia, a bantamweight, had tested positive for cathine on 6 August.
  • Four times the allowed limit of 5 micrograms per milliliter was found to be present in Munyasia's urine.
  • He was immediately barred from participating in the Games.
  • Munyasia confessed he was regular user of miraa (qat), a popular stimulant in Kenya. One year earlier, he won the silver medal in the bantamweight division at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.
  • He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco.
  • In the final of the event he lost to Egyptian fighter Mohamed Abdelsayed. His ban was to be lifted in 2006.
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