About Perris Benegas

Perris Benegas (born 22 July 1995) is an American Freestyle BMX cyclist.

From Reno, Nevada, she has a background in Muay Thai fighting. She lives with Kiah, her golden retriever dog in Raleigh, North Carolina.

In 2018, Perris won the gold medal in Freestyle BMX park at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu, China, with two other American women, Angie Marino and Hannah Roberts, taking second and third. She was named 2020 Bloom BMX Freestyle Rider of the Year.

She has qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.