2023 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 53 kg

Women's freestyle 53 kg at the 2023 World Championships
Venue	Štark Arena
Dates	20–21 September 2023
Competitors	31 from 28 nations
Medalists
Akari Fujinami   Japan   Vanesa Kaladzinskaya   Lucía Yépez   Ecuador   Antim Panghal

Main article: 2023 World Wrestling Championships

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.

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)	6F
	Lilya Horishna (UKR)	1			Christianah Ogunsanya (NGR)	0
	Christianah Ogunsanya (NGR)	4							Lucía Yépez (ECU)	7
	Mia-Lahnee Aquino (GUM)	12							Akari Fujinami (JPN)	16F
	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)	4F											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)	2F			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)	8F			Maria Prevolaraki (GRE)	3
	Tatiana Debien (FRA)				Sztalvira Orsus (HUN)	2			Jonna Malmgren (SWE)	6
	Sztalvira Orsus (HUN)	WO			Jonna Malmgren (SWE)	4F			Antim Panghal (UWW)	16

	Olympic wrestle-off
	Jonna Malmgren (SWE)	2F
	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)

Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics

External links

• Official website