Macarena Perez Grasset

Macarena Perez Grasset, born on 12 August 1996, is a Chilean Freestyle BMX cyclist who won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. In 2019 she took second place at the Pan American Games and became the first Chilean woman to win a world medal in the discipline, taking silver at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu behind Hannah Roberts of the United States, a result that also secured her place at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She opened the Olympic BMX Freestyle competition in the seeding round, providing the first performance of the sport in Olympic history. She qualified for the Olympic Games again in 2024 and in Paris placed fifth with a score of 84.55, just 4.25 away from the bronze medal.