| Event: | Women's freestyle 72 kg |
| Championship: | 2022 U23 World Championships |
| Dates: | 20–21 October |
| Venue: | Pontevedra Municipal Sports Hall |
| Competitors: | 11 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Gold: | Amit Elor |
| Gold Nation: | USA |
| Silver: | Wiktoria Chołuj |
| Silver Nation: | POL |
| Bronze: | Kendra Dacher |
| Bronze Nation: | FRA |
| Bronze2: | Sumire Niikura |
| Bronze2 Nation: | JPN |
| Prev: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2023 |
See main article: 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships. The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Pontevedra, Spain on 20 and 21 October 2022.[1] [2] The qualification rounds were held on 20 October while medal matches were held on the 2nd day of the competition. A total of 11 wrestlers competed in this event, limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 72 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.
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