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| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Delta State Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mr. Wamaka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. [1]
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. [2] The following year, she participated in the Olympic Qualification Tournament however ended up in 9th position. [3]
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. [4]
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. [5] The following year she participated again in the same championship and came in second after Sambou, Isabella from Senegal. [6] She also won a silver medal at the African Games that was held same year in Algiers. [7] In 2008, Sammy participated in another African Wrestling Championship where she ended up gaining another silver medal from the 48 kg event. [8]
At the 2010, she yet competed and won a silver medal. [9] At the 2011 and 2012 African Championship, Sammy earned 2 bronze medals. [10] [11] 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. [12]
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. [13]
Geeta Phogat is a freestyle wrestler who won India's first ever gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010. She is also the first Indian female wrestler to have qualified for the Olympic Summer Games.
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Babita Kumari Phogat is an Indian wrestler, who won the gold medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games. She also won silver medals at 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2010 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships. Babita Phogat entered politics by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019.
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Khorlan Zhakansha is a Kazakhstani sport wrestler who competes in the men's Greco Roman category. He claimed silver medal in the men's 55 kg event during the 2019 World Wrestling Championships.
Meirambek Ainagulov is a Kazakhstani sport wrestler who competes in the men's Greco Roman category. He has claimed two medals at the World Wrestling Championships, silver medal in the men's 59 kg event in 2017 and bronze medal in the men's 60 kg event. He was qualified to represent Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics following his medal success at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships.
Pak Yong-mi is a North Korean sport wrestler who competes in the women's freestyle category and a current world champion in the women's 53kg Freestyle event. She won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event during the 2019 World Wrestling Championships. She also qualified to represent North Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan following the gold medal success at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships. However, in June 2021, North Korea withdrew from the 2020 Summer Olympics which meant that Luisa Valverde of Ecuador will compete instead.
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