| Event: | Women's freestyle 72 kg |
| Championship: | 2006 World Championships |
| Dates: | 1 October 2006 |
| Venue: | Tianhe Gymnasium |
| Competitors: | 20 |
| Nations: | 20 |
| Gold: | Stanka Zlateva |
| Gold Nation: | BUL |
| Silver: | Kyoko Hamaguchi |
| Silver Nation: | JPN |
| Bronze: | Elena Perepelkina |
| Bronze Nation: | RUS |
| Bronze2: | Kristie Marano |
| Bronze2 Nation: | USA |
| Prev: | 2005 |
| Next: | 2007 |
See main article: 2006 World Wrestling Championships.
The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 1 October 2006.[1]
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.