# 2023 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 53 kg

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

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 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 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 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 Orsós (HUN) | 2 | | | | |
| Sztalvira Orsós (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 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | 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 Orsós (HUN) | 2 | Jonna Malmgren (SWE) | 6 |
| Sztalvira Orsós (HUN) | WO | Jonna Malmgren (SWE) | 4$^F$ | Antim Panghal (UWW) | 16 |
| Olympic wrestle-off | Olympic wrestle-off |
| Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) | 0 |
| Jonna Malmgren (SWE) | 2$^F$ |

## 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 Orsós (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