2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg

{{short description|Wrestling competitions}}

{{Infobox sports competition event

|event = Women's freestyle 55 kg

|championship = 2022 U23 World Championships

|dates = 19–20 October

|venue = Pontevedra Municipal Sports Hall

|competitors = 13

|nations = 13

|gold = Moe Kiyooka

|gold_nation = JPN

|silver = Mihaela Samoil

|silver_nation = MDA

|bronze = Alisha Howk

|bronze_nation = USA

|bronze2 = Elvira Kamaloğlu

|bronze2_nation= TUR

|prev = 2021

|next = 2023

}}

{{main|2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships}}

{{2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships}}

The women's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Pontevedra, Spain on 19 and 20 October 2022.{{cite web|url=https://uww.org/event/world-championships-63?tab=schedule|title=World Championships | United World Wrestling|website=uww.org|access-date=2022-10-17}}{{cite news |title=55kg Bracket Results |url=https://arena.uww.org/weight-category/show/4aadbe4a-4ee7-11ed-8b65-08002745f808/bracket/print |access-date=18 October 2022 |work=United World Wrestling}} The qualification rounds were held on 19 October while medal matches were held on the 2nd day of the competition. A total of 13 wrestlers competed in this event, limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 55 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.

Results

;Legend

  • F — Won by fall
  • R — Retired
  • WO — Won by walkover

=Main bracket=

{{16TeamBracket

| compact=y

| byes=1

| seeds=n

| nowrap=n

| RD1=Round of 16

| RD2=Quarterfinals

| RD3=Semifinals

| RD4=Final

| team-width=220

| score-width=30

| RD1-team03={{flagathlete|Tatiana Hurtado|COL}}

| RD1-score03=2

| RD1-team04={{flagathlete|Nethmi Poruthotage|SRI}}

| RD1-score04=7

| RD1-team05={{flagathlete|Elnura Mammadova|AZE}}

| RD1-score05=4F

| RD1-team06={{flagathlete|Andreea Ana|ROU}}

| RD1-score06=1

| RD1-team07={{flagathlete|Erika Bognár|HUN}}

| RD1-score07=1

| RD1-team08={{flagathlete|Alisha Howk|USA}}

| RD1-score08=2

| RD1-team11={{flagathlete|Laura Gómez|ESP}}

| RD1-score11=0

| RD1-team12={{flagathlete|Virginie Kaze-Gascon|CAN}}

| RD1-score12=10

| RD1-team13={{flagathlete|Moe Kiyooka|JPN}}

| RD1-score13=8

| RD1-team14={{flagathlete|Oleksandra Khomenets|UKR}}

| RD1-score14=0R

| RD2-team01={{flagathlete|Mihaela Samoil|MDA}}

| RD2-score01=15

| RD2-team02={{flagathlete|Nethmi Poruthotage|SRI}}

| RD2-score02=9

| RD2-team03={{flagathlete|Elnura Mammadova|AZE}}

| RD2-score03=2R

| RD2-team04={{flagathlete|Alisha Howk|USA}}

| RD2-score04=6

| RD2-team05={{flagathlete|Zeinep Bayanova|KAZ}}

| RD2-score05=0

| RD2-team06={{flagathlete|Virginie Kaze-Gascon|CAN}}

| RD2-score06=10

| RD2-team07={{flagathlete|Moe Kiyooka|JPN}}

| RD2-score07=11

| RD2-team08={{flagathlete|Elvira Kamaloğlu|TUR}}

| RD2-score08=0

| RD3-team01={{flagathlete|Mihaela Samoil|MDA}}

| RD3-score01=9

| RD3-team02={{flagathlete|Alisha Howk|USA}}

| RD3-score02=8

| RD3-team03={{flagathlete|Virginie Kaze-Gascon|CAN}}

| RD3-score03=0

| RD3-team04={{flagathlete|Moe Kiyooka|JPN}}

| RD3-score04=10

| RD4-team01={{flagathlete|Mihaela Samoil|MDA}}

| RD4-score01=0

| RD4-team02={{flagathlete|Moe Kiyooka|JPN}}

| RD4-score02=13

}}

=Repechage=

{{Repechage

| compact=y

| byes=y

| seeds=n

| nowrap=n

| RD1=Repechage round 1

| RD2=Bronze medals

| team-width=220

| score-width=30

| RD2-team01={{flagathlete|Nethmi Poruthotage|SRI}}

| RD2-score01=5

| RD2-team02={{flagathlete|Alisha Howk|USA}}

| RD2-score02=13

| RD1-team03={{flagathlete|Oleksandra Khomenets|UKR}}

| RD1-score03=

| RD1-team04={{flagathlete|Elvira Kamaloğlu|TUR}}

| RD1-score04=WO

| RD2-team03={{flagathlete|Elvira Kamaloğlu|TUR}}

| RD2-score03=8

| RD2-team04={{flagathlete|Virginie Kaze-Gascon|CAN}}

| RD2-score04=4

}}

Final standing

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!width=40|Rank

!width=250|Athlete

{{Gold1}}

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Moe Kiyooka|JPN}}

{{Silver2}}

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Mihaela Samoil|MDA}}

{{Bronze3}}

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Alisha Howk|USA}}

{{Bronze3}}

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Elvira Kamaloğlu|TUR}}

5

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Nethmi Poruthotage|SRI}}

5

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Virginie Kaze-Gascon|CAN}}

7

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Elnura Mammadova|AZE}}

8

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Tatiana Hurtado|COL}}

9

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Erika Bognár|HUN}}

10

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Andreea Ana|ROU}}

11

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Oleksandra Khomenets|UKR}}

12

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Zeinep Bayanova|KAZ}}

13

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Laura Gómez|ESP}}

References

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