2002 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg

The women's freestyle 59 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tasos Kampouris Hall in Chalcis, Greece from 2 to 3 November 2002.[1]

Main article: 2002 World Wrestling Championships

Medalists

Gold	Alena Kartashova  Russia
Silver	Lotta Andersson  Sweden
Bronze	Mabel Fonseca  Puerto Rico

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	CHN	IND
1	Emily Richardson (CAN)	2	2	0	6	9		—	3–1	6–0
2	Yang Yanli (CHN)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	8–3
3	Alka Tomar (IND)	2	0	2	1	3		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		SWE	VEN	SUI
1	Lotta Andersson (SWE)	2	2	0	8	9		—	5–0 Fall	4–0 Fall
2	Yoselin Rojas (VEN)	2	1	1	4	10		0–4 TO	—	10–0
3	Nadia Meier (SUI)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GER	LAT	KAZ
1	Christina Oertli (GER)	2	2	0	6	12		—	5–0	7–0
2	Kristīne Odriņa (LAT)	2	1	1	3	4		0–3 PO	—	4–1
3	Madina Kurmangaliyeva (KAZ)	2	0	2	1	1		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		FRA	UKR	PER
1	Sandrine Sève (FRA)	2	2	0	8	19		—	7–2 Fall	12–1
2	Oxana Shalikova (UKR)	2	1	1	4	6		0–4 TO	—	4–0 Fall
3	Esther Mendoza (PER)	2	0	2	1	1		1–4 SP	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	USA	MGL
1	Rena Iwama (JPN)	2	2	0	7	10		—	4–0	6–0 Fall
2	Lauren Lamb (USA)	2	1	1	3	3		0–3 PO	—	3–1
3	Dashjanchivyn Battsetseg (MGL)	2	0	2	1	1		0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		PUR	ITA	KOR
1	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	2	2	0	8	25		—	14–2	11–0
2	Silvia Menichetti (ITA)	2	1	1	4	6		1–4 SP	—	4–1
3	Kang Yoo-jin (KOR)	2	0	2	1	1		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		MEX	BUL	AUS
1	Virginia Mendoza (MEX)	2	2	0	7	15		—	5–0	10–0
2	Desislava Lyubenova (BUL)	2	1	1	4	7		0–3 PO	—	7–0 Fall
3	Carli Lewis (AUS)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 8

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	GRE	ROM
1	Alena Kartashova (RUS)	2	2	0	7	15		—	8–2	7–0 Fall
2	Agoro Papavasileiou (GRE)	2	1	1	5	9		1–3 PP	—	7–1 Fall
3	Mirela Burnichi (ROM)	2	0	2	0	1		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Emily Richardson (CAN)		0
	Lotta Andersson (SWE)		4			Lotta Andersson (SWE)		5
	Christina Oertli (GER)		3			Sandrine Sève (FRA)		0
	Sandrine Sève (FRA)		6								Lotta Andersson (SWE)		0
	Rena Iwama (JPN)		1								Alena Kartashova (RUS)		4
	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)		4			Mabel Fonseca (PUR)		2
	Virginia Mendoza (MEX)		3			Alena Kartashova (RUS)		5			Bronze medal match
	Alena Kartashova (RUS)		6
											Sandrine Sève (FRA)		1
											Mabel Fonseca (PUR)		3

References

1. "2002 World Championships Complete Results". USA Wrestling. Retrieved 7 May 2020.