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Jennifer Marie Valente (born December 24, 1994) is an American professional
racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...
who is the gold medal winner of the women's omnium at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Valente has ridden for
UCI Women's Team A UCI Women's Team is a women's road bicycle team sanctioned by the International Cycling Union ( UCI). These teams compete in the major women's bicycle races including the UCI Women's Road World Cup and the team time trial for trade teams at the ...
. She has won multiple gold medals in
team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
championships, and won 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. At the 2011 and 2012
UCI Junior Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...
she won three medals, a gold medal in the scratch race and two bronze medals in the keirin. In the individual pursuit she won a silver medal at the
2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2015. They took place in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (part of the Paris Metropolitan Area) at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 18–22 ...
. In the team pursuit she has won three gold medals at the
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
and a silver medal at the
2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...
. In June 2021, she qualified to represent the United States at the
2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
. 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. During the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships points race she rode purely against multi world champion
Lotte Kopecky Lotte Kopecky (born 10 November 1995) is a Belgian road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . In December 2017, she was named the Belgian Talent of the Year. She is a multiple world champion on the track, hav ...
allowing the UK rider Neah Evans to win.


Major results

;2011 :
UCI Junior Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...
::1st Scratch ::3rd Keirin ;2012 :1st Keirin, National Track Championships : 3rd Keirin,
UCI Junior Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...
: 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 :1st Omnium, Grand Prix of Colorado Spring ;2015 : 2nd
Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...
,
UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
: 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 Lauren Tamayo (formerly Lauren Franges, born October 26, 1983, in Barto) is an American professional racing cyclist. Career highlights ;2001 :3rd, National U19 Time Trial Championship, Redding, California ;2004 :2nd, National U23 Road Race ...
and Ruth Winder) :Independence Day Grand Prix ::2nd Scratch ::3rd Individual pursuit ;2016 : 1st
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
: 2nd
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...
;2017 : 1st
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
: 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 Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
::2nd Omnium,
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: 5th Overall
Cascade Cycling Classic The Cascade Cycling Classic was the longest running elite road bicycle racing stage race in the United States (1980–2019), with 2018 being the only year the race was not held. The race took place in the Central Oregon region and was based in ...
;2018 :
UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
::1st
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
::2nd
Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
: 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 An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
,
UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
: National Track Championships ::1st Madison ::1st Omnium ::1st Points race ::1st Scratch :1st Omnium,
2019 Pan American Games ; ay, Taqinipuniw anatt’apxtanxa'' , nations participating = 41 , athletes participating = 6,680 , events = 419 in 38 sports , opening ceremony = July 26 , closing ceremony = August 11 , officially opened by = Martín Vizcarra , to ...
: 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 The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
::2nd
Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
::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 The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
::1st
Omnium An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
::3rd
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
: 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships ::3rd Scratch ::3rd Elimination ;2022 : 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships ::1st
Omnium An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
::3rd Elimination ::3rd
Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
: 2022 UCI Track Champions League ::1st 2022 UCI Track Champions League – Women's Overall


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valente, Jennifer 1994 births Living people American female cyclists Sportspeople from San Diego Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in cycling Olympic silver medalists for the United States in cycling Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in cycling Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in cycling Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) American track cyclists Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century American women Cyclists from California