Jennifer Valente

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Jennifer Valente
UCI Track World Championships 2018 146.jpg
Valente in 2018
Personal information
Full nameJennifer Marie Valente
Born (1994-12-24) December 24, 1994 (age 29)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm) [1]
Weight165 lb (75 kg) [1]
Team information
Current team Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24
Discipline
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Rider typePursuitist (track)
Amateur team
2014 Twenty16
Professional teams
2013 Exergy Twenty16 [2]
2015– Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air [3]
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 311
World Championships 757
Pan American Games 110
Pan American Championships 2014
Total31812
Women's track cycling
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Omnium
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Omnium
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 London Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Hong Kong Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Berlin Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Omnium
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Scratch
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Glasgow Omnium
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Yvelines Individual pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Apeldoorn Points race
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2020 Berlin Scratch
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2020 Berlin Points race
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Ballerup Scratch
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Pruszków Omnium
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Roubaix Scratch
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Roubaix Elimination
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Elimination
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Points race
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Glasgow Elimination
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Ballerup Elimination
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Omnium
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team pursuit
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Aguascalientes Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Santiago Scratch
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 SantiagoIndividual pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2015 SantiagoTeam pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Couva Omnium
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 CouvaPoints race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 CouvaScratch
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Aguascalientes Omnium
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 AguascalientesPoints race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 AguascalientesScratch
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 AguascalientesTeam pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Cochabamba Omnium
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 CochabambaScratch
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 CochabambaPoints race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 CochabambaMadison
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Los Angeles Omnium
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Los AngelesScratch
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Los AngelesPoints race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Los AngelesElimination
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Los AngelesMadison
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 CochabambaTeam pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Mar del Plata Keirin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2012 Mar del PlataScratch
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2012 Mar del PlataTeam pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 AguascalientesOmnium

Jennifer Marie Valente (born December 24, 1994) is an American professional racing cyclist who is a two-time gold medalist in women's omnium at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. As part of the U.S. team, she has also won the team pursuit at the Paris Olympics. Valente has ridden for UCI Women's Team Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24. [4] She has won seven gold medals in the World Championships and five Olympic medals, making her the most decorated U.S. female cyclist in Olympic history. [5]

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Career

She enjoyed a successful junior career, winning 12 national titles and one world junior title. [6] At the 2011 and 2012 UCI Junior Track World Championships she won three medals, a gold medal in the scratch race and two bronze medals in the keirin. [7]

In the individual pursuit she won a silver medal at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In the team pursuit she has won three gold medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and a silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.

In June 2021, she qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [8] She took the gold medal in the women's omnium, beating reigning World champion Yumi Kajihara of Japan. This was the first women's track cycling gold medal for the United States. [9]

At the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Valente became the most decorated American track cyclist in history, winning her 17th World Championship medal. She surpassed the previous recordholder, Sarah Hammer, who has fifteen. [10]

In August 2024, she won her second and third Olympic gold medals, in the team pursuit and omnium. Valente's team pursuit gold medal was the first-ever in U.S. history. In both the 2020 and 2024 Olympics the women's omnium was one of the final events of the competition. As such, her gold medals helped the United States to come from behind and edge China in the overall medal count in Tokyo and Paris. [11] [12]

Major results

2011
UCI Junior Track World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Scratch
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Keirin
2012
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Keirin, National Track Championships [13]
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Keirin, UCI Junior Track World Championships
Pan American Track Championships
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Keirin
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Scratch
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit
2013
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Los Angeles Grand Prix (with Kimberly Geist, Sarah Hammer and Ruth Winder)
2014
Pan American Track Championships
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Team pursuit (with Amber Gaffney, Kimberly Geist and Elizabeth Newell)
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Omnium, National Track Championships [14]
1st Gold medal blank.svg Omnium, Grand Prix of Colorado Spring
2015
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
Pan American Track Championships
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Individual pursuit
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Scratch
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Team pursuit (with Kelly Catlin, Sarah Hammer and Ruth Winder)
National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Individual pursuit
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Omnium
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Scratch
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Pan American Games (with Kelly Catlin, Sarah Hammer, Lauren Tamayo and Ruth Winder)
2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Cali
2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Cali
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Scratch, Cali
Independence Day Grand Prix
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Scratch
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Individual pursuit
2016
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Cup (Hong Kong)
2017
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
Pan American Track Championships
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Omnium
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Points race
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Scratch
National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Omnium
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Points race
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Scratch
1st Gold medal blank.svg Omnium, US Sprint GP
1st Gold medal blank.svg Omnium, Fastest Man on Wheels
2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Los Angeles
2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Omnium, Manchester [15]
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Omnium, Pruszków [16]
5th Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
2018
UCI Track World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Points race
Pan American Track Championships
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Omnium
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Points race
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Scratch
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Team pursuit
National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Madison
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Omnium
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Points race
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Scratch
2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Minsk
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium, Minsk
2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium, Milton
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Scratch Race, Milton
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium, Berlin
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Omnium, London
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, London
10th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
2019
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Madison
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Omnium
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Points race
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Scratch
1st Gold medal blank.svg Omnium, 2019 Pan American Games
Pan American Track Cycling Championships
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Omnium
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Points race
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Scratch
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Madison
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit
2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Omnium, Minsk
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Minsk
1st Gold medal blank.svg Points Race, Minsk
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Scratch, Minsk
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Omnium, Cambridge
1st Gold medal blank.svg Omnium, Brisbane
2020
2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Points race
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Scratch
2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Omnium, Milton
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Milton
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Madison, Milton
2021
2020 Summer Olympics
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Omnium
3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Team pursuit
2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Scratch
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Elimination
2022
2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Omnium
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Elimination
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Points race
2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Elimination, Milton
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Omnium, Milton
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Milton
1st Gold medal blank.svg Omnium, Cali
1st Gold medal blank.svg Elimination, Cali
1st Gold medal blank.svg Madison, Cali
2022 UCI Track Champions League
1st Gold medal blank.svg 2022 UCI Track Champions League – Endurance Overall
2023
2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Omnium
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Scratch
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Elimination
2023 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Elimination, Cairo
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Elimination, Milton
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium, Milton
2024
2024 Summer Olympics
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Omnium
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit
2024 Pan American Track Cycling Championships
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Omnium
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Points race
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Scratch
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Elimination
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Madison [17]
2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Elimination, Adelaide
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium, Adelaide
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Madison, Adelaide [18]
1st Gold medal blank.svg Elimination, Milton
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium, Milton
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Madison, Milton [19]
2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Scratch
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Elimination

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