Kevin Peraza (born September 2, 1994) is an American

BMX BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or else in general street or off-road recreation. History BMX began during the earl ...

freestyle competitor who has represented Mexico and the United States internationally. His father is an ex-BMX racing rider, and his three brothers, Victor, David and Eddie, are also BMX riders.

Career

Peraza has won multiple medals at the FISE. In 2013, he won two third-place medals at Park and Spine. In 2014, he won a third-place medal in Park. In 2015, he won a second-place medal in Park. In dirt biking, he won the Red Bull Dirt Conquers competition in 2014, and placed second place at the Mongoose Jam 2015 Dirt Competition. Peraza has competed in four X Games, winning gold medals at the X Games Austin 2016 in the BMX Dirt event and X Games Minneapolis 2017 in BMX Park. He secured three top-ten finishes in BMX Park and two in BMX Dirt. In 2013 and 2016, he won in the BMX Park Simple Sessions. In 2013, he won third place at the Play BMX Contest. In 2017, he won third place at the X-Knights. He has also won medals at Ultimate X, scoring third place in 2016 and 2019. Later in his career, Kevin Peraza turned to BMX street riding and won several medals in Vans Pro Cup, attaining third place in 2017, fourth place in 2018, and a Best Trick award in 2019. In 2019, he won multiple leaderboard events in the

UCI BMX Supercross World Cup UCI BMX Racing World Cup is a series of events for BMX racing (bicycle motorcross) held under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world gov ...

such as the C1 in Cary; and qualified for the

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. Kevin Peraza kicked off the 2023 season with renewed vigor by advancing to the final of the first date of the BMX Fresstyle World Cup (freestyle), which was held in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Peraza achieved eighth place in the semifinal stage with a score of 85.52, after his two tours on the track and thus entering the group of the 12 best riders to the final, which took place on February 18, 2023, where the objective is to be placed among the six best in the modality. Peraza began his journey to the

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Kevin Peraza
at The Boardr * {{DEFAULTSORT:Peraza, Kevin Living people 1994 births American BMX riders American sportspeople of Mexican descent Cyclists at the 2023 Pan American Games