 Valente in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Jennifer Marie Valente |
| Born | (1994-12-24)December 24, 1994 (age 30) San Diego,California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1] |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Pursuitist (track) |
| Amateur team | |
| 2014 | Twenty16 |
| Professional teams | |
| 2013 | Exergy Twenty16[2] |
| 2015– | Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air[3] |
| Major wins | |
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Medal record | |
Jennifer Marie Valente (born December 24, 1994) is an American professionalracing cyclist who is a two-time gold medalist in women'somnium at the2020 and2024 Summer Olympics. As part of the U.S. team, she has also won theteam pursuit at theParis Olympics. Valente has ridden forUCI Women's TeamVirginia'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]
She enjoyed a successful junior career, winning 12 national titles and one world junior title.[6] At the 2011 and 2012UCI Junior Track World Championships she won three medals, a gold medal in the scratch race and two bronze medals in thekeirin.[7]
In the individual pursuit she won asilver medal at the2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In the team pursuit she has won three gold medals at theUCI Track Cycling World Championships and asilver medal at the2016 Olympic Games.
In June 2021, she qualified to represent the United States at the2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[8] She took the gold medal in thewomen's omnium, beating reigning World championYumi Kajihara of Japan. This was the first women's track cycling gold medal for the United States.[9]
At the2023 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 theteam pursuit andomnium. 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 edgeChina in the overall medal count inTokyo andParis.[11][12]
Scratch
Keirin
Keirin,National Track Championships[13]
Keirin,UCI Junior Track World Championships Keirin Scratch Team pursuit
Team pursuit, Los Angeles Grand Prix (withKimberly Geist,Sarah Hammer andRuth Winder)
Team pursuit (withAmber Gaffney,Kimberly Geist andElizabeth Newell) Omnium Omnium,National Track Championships[14]
Omnium, Grand Prix of Colorado SpringIndividual pursuit,UCI Track World Championships Individual pursuit Scratch Team pursuit (withKelly Catlin,Sarah Hammer andRuth Winder) Individual pursuit Omnium Scratch Team pursuit,Pan American Games (withKelly Catlin,Sarah Hammer,Lauren Tamayo andRuth Winder) Team pursuit, Cali Team pursuit, Cali Scratch, Cali Scratch Individual pursuitTeam pursuit,UCI Track World Championships
Team pursuit,Olympic Games Team pursuit,UCI Track Cycling World Cup (Hong Kong)Team pursuit,UCI Track World Championships Omnium Points race Scratch Omnium Points race Scratch Omnium, US Sprint GP Omnium, Fastest Man on Wheels Team pursuit, Los Angeles Omnium,Manchester[15] Omnium,Pruszków[16]Team pursuit
Points race Omnium Points race Scratch Team pursuit Madison Omnium Points race Scratch Team pursuit, Minsk Omnium, Minsk Omnium, Milton Scratch Race, Milton Omnium, Berlin Omnium, London Team pursuit, LondonOmnium,UCI Track World Championships Madison Omnium Points race Scratch Omnium,2019 Pan American Games Omnium Points race Scratch Madison Team pursuit Omnium, Minsk Team pursuit, Minsk Points Race, Minsk Scratch, Minsk Omnium, Cambridge Omnium, BrisbaneTeam pursuitPoints raceScratch Omnium, Milton Team pursuit, Milton Madison, Milton
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Team pursuitScratchEliminationOmniumEliminationPoints race Elimination, Milton Omnium, Milton Team pursuit, Milton Omnium, Cali Elimination, Cali Madison, Cali 2022 UCI Track Champions League – Endurance OverallOmniumScratchElimination Elimination, Cairo Elimination, Milton Omnium, MiltonOmniumTeam pursuit Omnium Points race Scratch Elimination Madison[17]ScratchElimination
 UCI Track Cycling World Champions –Women's team pursuit | |
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| UCI Track Cycling World Champions –Women's scratch | |
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