2023 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

Women's freestyle 72 kg
at the 2023 World Championships
VenueŠtark Arena
Dates20–21 September 2023
Competitors18 from 15 nations
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Mongolia
bronze medal    Kazakhstan
bronze medal    Japan
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The women's freestyle 72 kg is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 20 and 21 September 2023.[1]

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Results

Legend
  • F — Won by fall
  • WO — Won by walkover

Final

Final
 Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan (MGL) 2
 Amit Elor (USA) 8

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
 Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) 12F
 Fanni Nađ (SRB) 0
 Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) 7
Kseniia Burakova (AIN) 2 Kseniia Burakova (AIN) 1
Jyoti Berwal (UWW) 2 Kseniia Burakova (AIN) 5
 Ilana Kratysh (ISR) 2
 Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) 2
 Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan (MGL) 6
 Shauna Kuebeck (CAN) 0
 Sofia Georgieva (BUL) 4
 Sofia Georgieva (BUL) 1
 Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan (MGL) 9
 Natalia Strzałka (POL) 1
 Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan (MGL) 8

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
 Dalma Caneva (ITA) 0
 Manola Skobelska (UKR) 10
 Manola Skobelska (UKR) 4
 Kendra Dacher (FRA) 9
 Patricia El-Nour (SUD)  
 Kendra Dacher (FRA) WO
 Kendra Dacher (FRA) 2
 Amit Elor (USA) 12
 Qiandegenchagan (CHN) 2
 Miwa Morikawa (JPN) 3  Miwa Morikawa (JPN) 5
 Nurzat Nurtaeva (KGZ) 0  Miwa Morikawa (JPN) 0
 Amit Elor (USA) 6
 Nesrin Baş (TUR) 0
 Amit Elor (USA) 7

Repechage

Repechage round 2Bronze medals
 Natalia Strzałka (POL)6 Natalia Strzałka (POL)1
 Sofia Georgieva (BUL)1 Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ)4
 Nesrin Baş (TUR)0 Miwa Morikawa (JPN)4
 Miwa Morikawa (JPN)6 Kendra Dacher (FRA)2

Final standing

Rank Athlete
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Amit Elor (USA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan (MGL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Miwa Morikawa (JPN)
5  Natalia Strzałka (POL)
5  Kendra Dacher (FRA)
7 Kseniia Burakova (AIN)
8  Manola Skobelska (UKR)
9  Sofia Georgieva (BUL)
10 Jyoti Berwal (UWW)
11  Qiandegenchagan (CHN)
12  Ilana Kratysh (ISR)
13  Nurzat Nurtaeva (KGZ)
14  Shauna Kuebeck (CAN)
15  Dalma Caneva (ITA)
16  Fanni Nađ (SRB)
17  Nesrin Baş (TUR)
 Patricia El-Nour (SUD)

References

  1. ^ "72kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 18 September 2023.