| Event: | Women's freestyle 72 kg |
| Championship: | 2009 World Championships |
| Dates: | 25 September 2009 |
| Venue: | Messecenter Herning |
| Competitors: | 25 |
| Nations: | 25 |
| Gold: | Qin Xiaoqing |
| Gold Nation: | CHN |
| Silver: | Ochirbatyn Burmaa |
| Silver Nation: | MGL |
| Bronze: | Maider Unda |
| Bronze Nation: | ESP |
| Bronze2: | Stanka Zlateva |
| Bronze2 Nation: | BUL |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2010 |
See main article: 2009 World Wrestling Championships.
The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Messecenter Herning exhibition center in Herning, Denmark on September 25.
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.