| Event: | Women's freestyle 53 kg |
| Championship: | 2023 U23 World Championships |
| Dates: | 26–27 October |
| Venue: | Tirana Olympic Park |
| Competitors: | 15 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Gold: | Mako Oono |
| Gold Nation: | JPN |
| Silver: | Mariana Drăguțan |
| Silver Nation: | MDA |
| Bronze: | Altyn Shagayeva |
| Bronze Nation: | KAZ |
| Bronze2: | Liliia Malanchuk |
| Bronze2 Nation: | UKR |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2024 |
See main article: 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships. The women's freestyle 53 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and will held in Tirana, Albania on 26 and 27 October 2023.[1] [2]
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.