2023 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 53 kg

Women's freestyle 53 kg
at the 2023 World Championships

Venue

Dates

20–21 September 2023

Competitors

31 from 28 nations

Medalists

	Akari Fujinami	Japan
	Vanesa Kaladzinskaya
	Lucía Yépez	Ecuador
	Antim Panghal

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2023 World Wrestling Championships

	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	57 kg	55 kg	50 kg
	61 kg	60 kg	53 kg
	65 kg	63 kg	55 kg
	70 kg	67 kg	57 kg
	74 kg	72 kg	59 kg
	79 kg	77 kg	62 kg
	86 kg	82 kg	65 kg
	92 kg	87 kg	68 kg
	97 kg	97 kg	72 kg
	125 kg	130 kg	76 kg
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The women's freestyle 53 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

	Akari Fujinami (JPN)	10
	Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (AIN)	0

Top half

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals

		Lucía Yépez (ECU)	6^F
Lilya Horishna (UKR)	1	Christianah Ogunsanya (NGR)	0
Christianah Ogunsanya (NGR)	4			Lucía Yépez (ECU)	7
Mia-Lahnee Aquino (GUM)	12			Akari Fujinami (JPN)	16^F
Oh Jeong-bin (KOR)	12	Oh Jeong-bin (KOR)	0
Tuba Demir (TUR)	0	Akari Fujinami (JPN)	10
Akari Fujinami (JPN)	10					Akari Fujinami (JPN)	10
Iulia Leorda (MDA)	4^F					Maria Prevolaraki (GRE)	0
Sandy Parra (COL)	1	Iulia Leorda (MDA)	0
Andreea Ana (ROU)	9	Andreea Ana (ROU)	9
Elnura Mammadova (AZE)	1			Andreea Ana (ROU)	1
Altyn Shagayeva (KAZ)	1			Maria Prevolaraki (GRE)	1
Pang Qianyu (CHN)	2	Pang Qianyu (CHN)	4
Aktenge Keunimjaeva (UZB)	1	Maria Prevolaraki (GRE)	8
Maria Prevolaraki (GRE)	2

Bottom half

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals

Jonna Malmgren (SWE)	6
Ganbaataryn Otgonjargal (MGL)	3	Jonna Malmgren (SWE)	2
Samantha Stewart (CAN)	2^F	Samantha Stewart (CAN)	1
Betzabeth Argüello (VEN)	2			Jonna Malmgren (SWE)	4
Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (AIN)	WO			Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (AIN)	9
~~Tatiana Debien (FRA)~~		Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (AIN)	9
Vestina Danisevičiūtė (LTU)	0	Sztalvira Orsus (HUN)	2
Sztalvira Orsus (HUN)	10					Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (AIN)	5
Karla Acosta (MEX)	16					Antim Panghal (UWW)	4
Annika Wendle (GER)	10	Karla Acosta (MEX)	0
Natalia Malysheva (AIN)	16	Natalia Malysheva (AIN)	10
Nethmi Poruthotage (SRI)	5			Natalia Malysheva (AIN)	6
Céline Bakayoko (CIV)	1			Antim Panghal (UWW)	9
Roksana Zasina (POL)	3	Roksana Zasina (POL)	0
Antim Panghal (UWW)	3	Antim Panghal (UWW)	10
Dominique Parrish (USA)	2

Repechage


Repechage round 1		Repechage round 2		Bronze medals


Tuba Demir (TUR)	11	Tuba Demir (TUR)	0	Lucía Yépez (ECU)	10

Oh Jeong-bin (KOR)	0	Lucía Yépez (ECU)	8^F	Maria Prevolaraki (GRE)	3


~~Tatiana Debien (FRA)~~		Sztalvira Orsus (HUN)	2	Jonna Malmgren (SWE)	6

Sztalvira Orsus (HUN)	WO	Jonna Malmgren (SWE)	4^F	Antim Panghal (UWW)	16

	Olympic wrestle-off

	Jonna Malmgren (SWE)	2^F
	Maria Prevolaraki (GRE)	0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Akari Fujinami (JPN)
	Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (AIN)
	Lucía Yépez (ECU)
	Antim Panghal (UWW)
5	Jonna Malmgren (SWE)
5	Maria Prevolaraki (GRE)
7	Sztalvira Orsus (HUN)
8	Natalia Malysheva (AIN)
9	Andreea Ana (ROU)
10	Samantha Stewart (CAN)
11	Iulia Leorda (MDA)
12	Tuba Demir (TUR)
13	Pang Qianyu (CHN)
14	Karla Acosta (MEX)
15	Oh Jeong-bin (KOR)
16	Christianah Ogunsanya (NGR)
17	Roksana Zasina (POL)
18	Mia-Lahnee Aquino (GUM)
19	Annika Wendle (GER)
20	Nethmi Poruthotage (SRI)
21	Ganbaataryn Otgonjargal (MGL)
22	Dominique Parrish (USA)
23	Altyn Shagayeva (KAZ)
24	Aktenge Keunimjaeva (UZB)
25	Céline Bakayoko (CIV)
26	Lilya Horishna (UKR)
27	Elnura Mammadova (AZE)
28	Betzabeth Argüello (VEN)
29	Sandy Parra (COL)
30	Vestina Danisevičiūtė (LTU)
—	Tatiana Debien (FRA)