# 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 53 kg

The women's freestyle 53 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Pontevedra, Spain on 20 and 21 October 2022. The qualification rounds were held on 19 October while medal matches were held on the 2nd day of the competition. A total of 18 wrestlers competed in this event, limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 53 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
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Haruna Okuno (JPN) | 10 |
| Lucía Yépez (ECU) | 0 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Anastasia Blayvas (GER) | 2$^F$ | | | | |
| | | Lilia Malanchuk (UKR) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Anastasia Blayvas (GER) | 0 | | |
| Mariana Rojas (VEN) | 2$^F$ | | | Haruna Okuno (JPN) | 6 | | |
| Taylor McPherson (CAN) | 0 | Mariana Rojas (VEN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Haruna Okuno (JPN) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Haruna Okuno (JPN) | 11 |
| | | | | | | Felicity Taylor (USA) | 1 |
| | | Felicity Taylor (USA) | 2$^F$ | | | | |
| | | Aikaterini Vekri (GRE) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Felicity Taylor (USA) | 12 | | |
| | | | | Ellada Makhyaddinova (KAZ) | 2 | | |
| | | Javiera Ortega (CHI) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Ellada Makhyaddinova (KAZ) | 11 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Gultakin Shirinova (AZE) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Zeynep Yetgil (TUR) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | Zeynep Yetgil (TUR) | 10 | | |
| | | | | Zeltzin Hernández (MEX) | 5 | | |
| | | Zeltzin Hernández (MEX) | 6$^F$ | | | | |
| | | Chamodya Don (SRI) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Zeynep Yetgil (TUR) | 0 |
| | | | | | | Lucía Yépez (ECU) | 10 |
| | | Carla Jaume (ESP) | 0 | | | | |
| Beatrice Ferenţ (ROU) | 0 | Mariana Drăguțan (MDA) | 10 | | | | |
| Mariana Drăguțan (MDA) | 5 | | | Mariana Drăguțan (MDA) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Lucía Yépez (ECU) | 15 | | |
| | | Lucía Yépez (ECU) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Hsieh Meng-hsuan (TPE) | 0 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Mariana Rojas (VEN) | 2 | Anastasia Blayvas (GER) | 3 |
| Anastasia Blayvas (GER) | 3 | Felicity Taylor (USA) | 3 |
| Hsieh Meng-hsuan (TPE) | 12 | Hsieh Meng-hsuan (TPE) | 0 |
| Mariana Drăguțan (MDA) | 6 | Zeynep Yetgil (TUR) | 7 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Haruna Okuno (JPN) |
| | Lucía Yépez (ECU) |
| | Anastasia Blayvas (GER) |
| | Zeynep Yetgil (TUR) |
| 5 | Felicity Taylor (USA) |
| 5 | Hsieh Meng-hsuan (TPE) |
| 7 | Mariana Drăguțan (MDA) |
| 8 | Zeltzin Hernández (MEX) |
| 9 | Mariana Rojas (VEN) |
| 10 | Ellada Makhyaddinova (KAZ) |
| 11 | Javiera Ortega (CHI) |
| 12 | Lilia Malanchuk (UKR) |
| 13 | Taylor McPherson (CAN) |
| 14 | Aikaterini Vekri (GRE) |
| 15 | Beatrice Ferenţ (ROU) |
| 16 | Chamodya Don (SRI) |
| 17 | Gultakin Shirinova (AZE) |
| 18 | Carla Jaume (ESP) |