Deng Yawen, born on 17 October 2005, is a Chinese freestyle BMX cyclist and Olympic champion. She finished second at the 2021 Chinese National Games and third at the 2022 Chinese Championships, then made her international debut in 2023, winning a gold medal at the Asian Championships and finishing sixth at the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships. In October 2023 she won the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup in Bazhong, ahead of world champion Hannah Roberts. Selected for the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series, she qualified to represent China at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where as the youngest competitor she won the gold medal in the women's BMX freestyle event with a score of 92.60, ahead of American Perris Benegas and Australian Natalya Diehm, and became the first Chinese athlete to win a medal in the event.
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