| Event: | Women's freestyle 53 kg |
| Championship: | 2021 World Championships |
| Dates: | 5–6 October 2021 |
| Venue: | Nye Jordal Amfi |
| Competitors: | 17 |
| Nations: | 17 |
| Gold: | Akari Fujinami |
| Gold Nation: | JPN |
| Silver: | Iulia Leorda |
| Silver Nation: | MDA |
| Bronze: | Katarzyna Krawczyk |
| Bronze Nation: | POL |
| Bronze2: | Samantha Stewart |
| Bronze2 Nation: | CAN |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2022 |
See main article: 2021 World Wrestling Championships. The women's freestyle 53 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Oslo, Norway on 5 and 6 October.[1]
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.
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