| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1998-07-09)9 July 1998 (age 27)[1] Te Awamutu, New Zealand[2] |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | BMX racing,Track cycling |
| Role | Rider |
Medal record | |
Rebecca Petch (born 9 July 1998) is a New Zealand cyclist who competes inBMX Racing andtrack cycling. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, inWomen's BMX race. She was a silver medalist in the track in the team sprint at the2024 Paris Olympics.[3]
FromTe Awamutu, Petch started riding BMX aged 3. At theUCI BMX World Championships she came 15th atRock Hill in2017, she finished 11th inBaku in2018, and 25th inHeusden-Zolder in2019.[4]
On 17 June 2021, Petch was selected in her country's Olympic squad as New Zealand's sole BMX rider for the delayed Tokyo2020 Summer Games.[5]
Petch was a gold medalist at the2022 Commonwealth Games in the Women's Team sprint competition.[6]
She was selected for the team sprint at the2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships inGlasgow, in which the New Zealand team placed fifth.[7]
She raced as part of the New Zealand team sprint side that contested the UCI Nations Cup inHong Kong in March 2024.[8]
She competed at the2024 Paris Olympics in the team sprint, and was part of the team on 5 August 2024 that briefly set a new world record record in the qualifying heats, and won the silver medal.[9][10]
Petch previously ran a coffee cart operation in Cambridge, New Zealand, calledLittle Petchy. She and husband Jarrod Browning run a business, Elite Spouting Services. They announced they were expecting their first child in 2025.[11]
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