Sammy Oziti

Sammy Oziti

Personal information
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Country	Nigeria
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Club	Delta State Club
Coached by	Mr. Wamaka
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing Nigeria All-African Games 2003 Abuja 48 kg Commonwealth Wrestling Championship 2005 Stellenbosch 48kg African Wrestling Championships 2006 Pretoria 48 kg All-African Games 2007 Algiers 48 kg African Wrestling Championships 2007 Ciaro 48 kg 2008 Tunis 48 kg 2011 Dakar 48 kg 2012 Marrakech 48 kg Commonwealth Wrestling Championship 2013 Johannesburg 48kg

Sammy Oziti (born 1 January 1983) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. She won two medals at the All-African Games between 2003 and 2007. She obtained six medals in the African Championship between 2006 and 2012. She also won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in 2005 and 2013.

Sports career

Sammy Oziti started her wrestling career in 1998. Her first ever participation at the Africa Games was in the year 2003 in Abuja. At the event, she won a gold medal after defeating her opponent, Bejaoui, Nour El Houda of Tunisia. The following year, she participated in the Olympic Qualification Tournament however ended up in 9th position.

In 2005, Sammy competed in her first Commonwealth Wrestling Championship at Stellenbosch, South Africa. She came in second and won a silver medal, her opponent was Meena from India.

At the African Wrestling Championship in 2006, She won the gold medal having defeated Feten, Ghanmi in the 48 kg event held in Pretoria, RSA. The following year she participated again in the same championship and came in second after Sambou, Isabella from Senegal. She also won a silver medal at the African Games that was held same year in Algiers. In 2008, Sammy participated in another African Wrestling Championship where she ended up gaining another silver medal from the 48 kg event.

At the 2010, she yet competed and won a silver medal. At the 2011 and 2012 African Championship, Sammy earned 2 bronze medals. Her victory in 2012 led to her participation at the Olympic Qualification Tournament where she was ranked 3rd place after competing in the 48 kg category.

In 2013, she was at the Commonwealth Championship that took place in Johannesburg, RSA, and came in second after Nirmala Devi from India. They competed in the 48 kg event and Sammy took home the silver medal.