2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg
| Women's freestyle 72 kg at the 2022 U23 World Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Pontevedra Municipal Sports Hall | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 20–21 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Pontevedra, Spain on 20 and 21 October 2022.[1][2] The qualification rounds were held on 20 October while medal matches were held on the 2nd day of the competition. A total of 11 wrestlers competed in this event, limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 72 kilograms.
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[edit]
- Legend
- F — Won by fall
Main bracket[edit]
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 María Ceballos (COL)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Alexandra Zaitseva (KAZ)
| 1 |  Larisa Nițu (ROU)
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| Larisa Nițu (ROU)
| 4 | Larisa Nițu (ROU)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
 Amit Elor (USA)
| 4F | ||||||||||||||
 Kendra Dacher (FRA)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Amit Elor (USA)
| 13F | ||||||||||||||
| Amit Elor (USA)
| 11 | ||||||||||||||
 Wiktoria Chołuj (POL)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wiktoria Chołuj (POL)
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
 Iryna Zablotska (UKR)
| 6 | Iryna Zablotska (UKR)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
 Lilly Schneider (GER)
| 4 | Wiktoria Chołuj (POL)
| 3 | ||||||||||||
 Nazar Batır (TUR)
| 0 |  Sumire Niikura (JPN)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sumire Niikura (JPN)
| 10 | Sumire Niikura (JPN)
| 8 | ||||||||||||
 Brianna Fraser (CAN)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
Repechage[edit]
| Bronze medals | ||
| Kendra Dacher (FRA) | 12 | |
| Larisa Nițu (ROU) | 2 | |
| Iryna Zablotska (UKR) | 1 | |
| Sumire Niikura (JPN) | 8 | |
Final standing[edit]
| Rank | Athlete |
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Amit Elor (USA)
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Wiktoria Chołuj (POL)
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Kendra Dacher (FRA)
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Sumire Niikura (JPN)
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| 5 | Larisa Nițu (ROU)
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| 5 | Iryna Zablotska (UKR)
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| 7 | Lilly Schneider (GER)
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| 8 | María Ceballos (COL)
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| 9 | Alexandra Zaitseva (KAZ)
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| 10 | Brianna Fraser (CAN)
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| 11 | Nazar Batır (TUR)
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References[edit]
- ^ "World Championships | United World Wrestling". uww.org. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "72kg Bracket Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 18 October 2022.