Rebecca Petch (born 9 July 1998) is a New Zealand cyclist who competes in

BMX Racing BMX racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing. BMX bicycle races are sprint races on purpose-built off-road single-lap race tracks. The track usually consists of a starting gate for up to ...

and

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. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's BMX race. From

Te Awamutu Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it. Te Awamutu is located some south of Hamilt ...

, Petch started riding BMX aged 3. At the

UCI BMX World Championships UCI BMX World Championships are the world championships for BMX racing (bicycle motocross) held under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the sport's international governing body. The UCI BMX World Championships are held an ...

she came 15th at Rock Hill in

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, she finished 11th in Baku in

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, and 25th in

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. On 17 June 2021, Petch was selected in her country's Olympic squad as New Zealand's sole BMX rider for the delayed Tokyo

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. Petch was a gold medalist at the

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in the Women’s Team sprint competition.

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* * * * 1998 births Living people BMX riders New Zealand female cyclists Olympic cyclists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Te Awamutu 21st-century New Zealand women Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub