2000 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 56 kg

The women's freestyle 56 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2000 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria from 1 to 3 September 2000.

Women's freestyle 56 kg at the 2000 World Championships
Venue	Universiada Hall
Dates	1–3 September 2000
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Seiko Yamamoto   Japan   Tetyana Lazareva   Ukraine   Jennifer Ryz   Canada

Main article: 2000 World Wrestling Championships

Medalists

Gold	Seiko Yamamoto Japan
Silver	Tetyana Lazareva Ukraine
Bronze	Jennifer Ryz Canada

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUN	ESP	BUL
1	Salma Ferchichi (TUN)	2	2	0	7	20		—	9–2	11–1
2	Minerva Montero (ESP)	2	1	1	4	13		1–3 PP	—	11–2
3	Desislava Lyubenova (BUL)	2	0	2	2	3		1–4 SP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	GRE	USA
1	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	2	2	0	6	11		—	7–1	4–3
2	Konstantina Tsimpanakou (GRE)	2	1	1	4	10		1–3 PP	—	9–6
3	Tina George (USA)	2	0	2	2	7		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	SWE	RUS	ESA
1	Seiko Yamamoto (JPN)	3	3	0	11	10		—	3–2	4–0 Fall	3–0 Fall
2	Sara Eriksson (SWE)	3	2	1	8	13		1–3 PP	—	1–0	10–0
3	Natalia Ivashko (RUS)	3	1	2	3	6		0–4 TO	0–3 PO	—	6–0
4	Zaira Martínez (ESA)	3	0	3	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	0–3 PO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	PUR	VEN	TUR
1	Jennifer Ryz (CAN)	3	3	0	10	15		—	5–3	3–0	7–0 Fall
2	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	3	2	1	8	23		1–3 PP	—	8–7	12–1
3	Yulianny Orellana (VEN)	3	1	2	5	20		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—	13–3
4	Nadir Uğrun Perçin (TUR)	3	0	3	2	4		0–4 TO	1–4 SP	1–4 SP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Knockout round

	Semifinals				Final
	Salma Ferchichi (TUN)	0
	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	10			Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	0
	Seiko Yamamoto (JPN)	3			Seiko Yamamoto (JPN)	5
	Jennifer Ryz (CAN)	2
					Bronze medal match
					Salma Ferchichi (TUN)	0
					Jennifer Ryz (CAN)	4