Rebecca Petch

EVENT: Cycling-Track: Women's Team Sprint, Individual Sprint, Keirin

Te Awamutu rider Rebecca Petch will become a double Olympian, after reaching the semi-finals in BMX Racing at Tokyo in 2021. Petch is a multi-national elite champion in BMX Racing, along with winning numerous world championship age medals before her outstanding efforts at the Tokyo Olympics.

She has adapted quickly to track riding, where she has specialised as the starter. Petch broke the national record for the standing one-lap, and has achieved world-class times as the starter in the women's sprint group that broke the national and Oceania records.