Career
McGoldrick lost to Manju Wanniarachchi of Sri Lanka in the final and was initially awarded the silver medal. McGoldrick was born in Duffryn, 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.
A urine sample provided by the boxer had contained nandrolone, 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 British Broadcasting Corporation Wales Junior Sportsman of the Year. In June 2011 McGoldrick was retrospectively awarded the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bantamweight gold medal.