2021 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

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Women's freestyle 72 kg
at the 2021 World Championships
Venue Nye Jordal Amfi
Dates6–7 October 2021
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  2019
2022  

The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Oslo, Norway on 6 and 7 October. [1]

Contents

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.

Each bout consists of a single round within a six-minute limit including two halves of three minutes. The wrestler who scores more points is the winner.

Masako Furuichi from Japan won the gold medal after beating Zhamila Bakbergenova of Kazakhstan in the final 3–0. Furuichi scored an early two points takedown and later received one more point for pushing her opponent out of the mat. Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu from Turkey and Anna Schell of Germany shared the bronze medals.

Results

Legend

Main bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhamila Bakbergenova  (KAZ)10
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kayla Bednarcik  (CAN) Flag of France.svg  Cynthia Vescan  (FRA)10
Flag of France.svg  Cynthia Vescan  (FRA)WOFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhamila Bakbergenova  (KAZ)13
Flag of Belarus.svg  Anastasiya Zimiankova  (BLR)8Flag of Turkey.svg  Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu  (TUR)2
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Sofiya Georgieva  (BUL)5 Flag of Belarus.svg  Anastasiya Zimiankova  (BLR)0
Flag of the United States.svg  Kylie Welker  (USA)1 Flag of Turkey.svg  Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu  (TUR)4F
Flag of Turkey.svg  Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu  (TUR)8Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhamila Bakbergenova  (KAZ)0
Flag of India.svg  Divya Kakran  (IND)5FFlag of Japan.svg  Masako Furuichi  (JPN)3
RWF logo.svg  Ksenia Burakova  (RWF)4 Flag of India.svg  Divya Kakran  (IND)0
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan  (MGL)0 Flag of Japan.svg  Masako Furuichi  (JPN)10
Flag of Japan.svg  Masako Furuichi  (JPN)6Flag of Japan.svg  Masako Furuichi  (JPN)6
Flag of Germany.svg  Anna Schell  (GER)12Flag of Germany.svg  Anna Schell  (GER)2
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Zsuzsanna Molnár  (SVK)1 Flag of Germany.svg  Anna Schell  (GER)2F
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Alla Belinska  (UKR)6

Repechage

Repechage round 1Bronze medals
Flag of France.svg  Cynthia Vescan  (FRA) 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu  (TUR)WO
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan  (MGL)6Flag of Mongolia.svg  Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan  (MGL)4
Flag of India.svg  Divya Kakran  (IND)2Flag of Germany.svg  Anna Schell  (GER)7F

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Masako Furuichi  (JPN)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhamila Bakbergenova  (KAZ)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Turkey.svg  Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu  (TUR)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Anna Schell  (GER)
5Flag of France.svg  Cynthia Vescan  (FRA)
5Flag of Mongolia.svg  Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan  (MGL)
7Flag of India.svg  Divya Kakran  (IND)
8Flag of Belarus.svg  Anastasiya Zimiankova  (BLR)
9Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Sofiya Georgieva  (BUL)
10Flag of the United States.svg  Kylie Welker  (USA)
11Flag of Slovakia.svg  Zsuzsanna Molnár  (SVK)
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Alla Belinska  (UKR)
13RWF logo.svg  Ksenia Burakova  (RWF)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kayla Bednarcik  (CAN)

References

  1. "Women's wrestling – Seniors – 72 kg – Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling . Retrieved 7 October 2021.