2000 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 46 kg

The women's freestyle 46 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 46 kg at the 2000 World Championships
Venue	Universiada Hall
Dates	1–3 September 2000
Competitors	15 from 15 nations
Medalists
Iryna Melnik   Ukraine   Inga Karamchakova   Russia   Carol Huynh   Canada

Main article: 2000 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	JPN	CZE
1	Iryna Melnik (UKR)	2	2	0	7	6		—	3–2	3–0 Fall
2	Misato Shimizu (JPN)	2	1	1	5	5		1–3 PP	—	3–0 Fall
3	Veronika Balcarová (CZE)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	GRE	TUR
1	Kamelia Tzekova (BUL)	2	2	0	7	16		—	4–0	12–2
2	Agoro Papavasileiou (GRE)	2	1	1	4	10		0–3 PO	—	10–0
3	Ayşe Güneri (TUR)	2	0	2	1	2		1–4 SP	0–4 ST	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		FRA	GER	ESA
1	Farah Touchi (FRA)	2	2	0	6	11		—	4–3	7–4
2	Sarah Ehinger (GER)	2	1	1	4	15		1–3 PP	—	12–5
3	Íngrid Medrano (ESA)	2	0	2	2	9		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	MEX	USA
1	Inga Karamchakova (RUS)	2	2	0	8	19		—	12–2	7–4 Fall
2	María Barraza (MEX)	2	1	1	5	9		1–4 SP	—	8–3 Fall
3	Clarissa Chun (USA)	2	0	2	0	7		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	TPE	VEN
1	Carol Huynh (CAN)	2	2	0	8	15		—	11–1	4–1 Fall
2	Kao Wei-chien (TPE)	2	1	1	5	8		1–4 SP	—	7–0 Fall
3	Mayelis Caripá (VEN)	2	0	2	0	1		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Iryna Melnik (UKR)	8
	Kamelia Tzekova (BUL)	4			Iryna Melnik (UKR)	5
					Farah Touchi (FRA)	1
									Iryna Melnik (UKR)	5
									Inga Karamchakova (RUS)	2
					Inga Karamchakova (RUS)	8
					Carol Huynh (CAN)	3
									Bronze medal match
									Farah Touchi (FRA)	3
									Carol Huynh (CAN)	4