Jennifer Valente
Valente in 2018
Personal information
Full nameJennifer Marie Valente
Born (1994-12-24) December 24, 1994
San Diego, California, United States
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Weight165 lb (75 kg)[1]
Team information
Current teamVirginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24
Discipline
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Rider typePursuitist (track)
Amateur team
2014Twenty16
Professional teams
2013Exergy Twenty16[2]
2015–Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air[3]
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoOmnium
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 LondonTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2017 Hong KongTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2018 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2020 BerlinTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesOmnium
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowScratch
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowOmnium
Silver medal – second place2015 YvelinesIndividual pursuit
Silver medal – second place2018 ApeldoornPoints race
Silver medal – second place2020 BerlinScratch
Silver medal – second place2020 BerlinPoints race
Bronze medal – third place2019 PruszkówOmnium
Bronze medal – third place2021 RoubaixScratch
Bronze medal – third place2021 RoubaixElimination
Bronze medal – third place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesElimination
Bronze medal – third place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesPoints race
Bronze medal – third place2023 GlasgowElimination
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaOmnium
Silver medal – second place2015 TorontoTeam pursuit
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 AguascalientesTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2015 SantiagoScratch
Gold medal – first place2015 SantiagoIndividual pursuit
Gold medal – first place2015 SantiagoTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2017 CouvaOmnium
Gold medal – first place2017 CouvaPoints race
Gold medal – first place2017 CouvaScratch
Gold medal – first place2018 AguascalientesOmnium
Gold medal – first place2018 AguascalientesPoints race
Gold medal – first place2018 AguascalientesScratch
Gold medal – first place2018 AguascalientesTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2019 CochabambaOmnium
Gold medal – first place2019 CochabambaScratch
Gold medal – first place2019 CochabambaPoints race
Gold medal – first place2019 CochabambaMadison
Silver medal – second place2019 CochabambaTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2012 Mar del PlataKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2012 Mar del PlataScratch
Bronze medal – third place2012 Mar del PlataTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2014 AguascalientesOmnium

Jennifer Marie Valente (born December 24, 1994) is an American professional racing cyclist who is the gold medal winner of the women's omnium at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Valente has ridden for UCI Women's Team Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24.[4] She has won multiple gold medals in team pursuit championships and earned an Olympic silver medal in the team pursuit in 2016.

Career

She enjoyed a successful junior career, winning 12 national titles and one world junior title.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

Major results

2011
UCI Junior Track World Championships
1st Scratch
3rd Keirin
2012
1st Keirin, National Track Championships[9]
3rd Keirin, UCI Junior Track World Championships
Pan American Track Championships
3rd Keirin
3rd Scratch
2013
2nd Team pursuit, Los Angeles Grand Prix (with Kimberly Geist, Sarah Hammer and Ruth Winder)
2014
Pan American Track Championships
1st Team pursuit (with Amber Gaffney, Kimberly Geist and Elizabeth Newell)
3rd Omnium
1st Omnium, National Track Championships[10]
1st Omnium, Grand Prix of Colorado Spring
2015
2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
Pan American Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Scratch
1st Team pursuit (with Kelly Catlin, Sarah Hammer and Ruth Winder)
National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Omnium
1st Scratch
2nd Team pursuit, Pan American Games (with Kelly Catlin, Sarah Hammer, Lauren Tamayo and Ruth Winder)
Independence Day Grand Prix
2nd Scratch
3rd Individual pursuit
2016
1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2017
1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
Pan American Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Points race
1st Scratch
National Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Points race
1st Scratch
1st Omnium, US Sprint GP
1st Omnium, Fastest Man on Wheels
2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
1st Omnium, Manchester[11]
2nd Omnium, Pruszków[12]
5th Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
2018
UCI Track World Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Points race
Pan American Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Points race
1st Scratch
1st Team pursuit
National Track Championships
1st Madison
1st Omnium
1st Points race
1st Scratch
10th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
2019
3rd Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
National Track Championships
1st Madison
1st Omnium
1st Points race
1st Scratch
1st Omnium, 2019 Pan American Games
Pan American Track Cycling Championships
1st Omnium
1st Points race
1st Scratch
1st Madison
2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
1st Omnium, Belarus
1st Team Pursuit, Belarus
1st Points Race, Belarus
3rd Scratch, Belarus
1st Omnium, Brisbane
2020
2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Points race
2nd Scratch
2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
1st Omnium, Milton (Ontario)
1st Team Pursuit, Milton (Ontario)
3rd Madison, Milton (Ontario)
2021
2020 Summer Olympics
1st Omnium
3rd Team pursuit
2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
3rd Scratch
3rd Elimination
2022
2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
1st Omnium
3rd Elimination
3rd Points race
2022 UCI Track Champions League
1st 2022 UCI Track Champions League – Women's Overall

References

  1. 1 2 "Jennifer Valente". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ Jennifer Valente at Cycling Archives
  3. ↑ "Rider Profile: Jennifer Valente". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sho-Air TWENTY20 Announces 2019 Roster with 4 Canadians". CanadianCyclist.com. Canadian Cyclist. January 16, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  5. ↑ "UCCS student wins silver in cycling". University of Colorado. August 18, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Jennifer Valente". Cycling Archives. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ "U.S. Olympic cycling roster set with road, indoor, BMX, mountain teams". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  8. ↑ Shinn, Peggy (August 8, 2021). "Jennifer Valente Is First U.S. Woman To Win Gold In Track Cycling". Team USA. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Tamayo adds national title to Olympic silver". cyclingnews.com. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Valente, Lea set track records en route to omnium titles". USA Cycling. August 13, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  11. ↑ Daniel Benson (November 12, 2017). "Valente takes 'incredible' World Cup Omnium win". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Australia's Scotson and Meyer take Madison title, Wild claims women's omnium in Pruszkow". cyclingnews.com. November 4, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
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