Perris Benegas

Perris Benegas, born on 22 July 1995, is an American freestyle BMX cyclist who won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In 2018 she won the gold medal in Freestyle BMX park at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu, China, with Angie Marino and Hannah Roberts taking second and third for an American sweep. She competed for the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the first ever BMX Freestyle Park event and finished fourth in the final, just 0.70 away from the bronze medal. After an anterior cruciate ligament injury that required surgery in June 2023 she returned to competition in May 2024, and on 31 July 2024 she won the silver medal in the women's BMX freestyle at the Paris Games. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.