Jennifer Valente

Jennifer Valente
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 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
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 1 1
World Championships 7 5 7
Pan American Games 1 1 0
Pan American Championships 20 1 4
Total 31 8 12
Women's track cycling
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 London Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2017 Hong Kong Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2020 Berlin Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2015 Yvelines Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2018 Apeldoorn Points race
Silver medal – second place 2020 Berlin Scratch
Silver medal – second place 2020 Berlin Points race
Silver medal – second place 2024 Ballerup Scratch
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Pruszków Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Roubaix Scratch
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Roubaix Elimination
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Elimination
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Points race
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Glasgow Elimination
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Ballerup Elimination
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team pursuit
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Aguascalientes Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santiago Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santiago Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santiago Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2017 Couva Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2017 Couva Points race
Gold medal – first place 2017 Couva Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aguascalientes Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aguascalientes Points race
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aguascalientes Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aguascalientes Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cochabamba Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cochabamba Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cochabamba Points race
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cochabamba Madison
Gold medal – first place 2024 Los Angeles Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2024 Los Angeles Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2024 Los Angeles Points race
Gold medal – first place 2024 Los Angeles Elimination
Gold medal – first place 2024 Los Angeles Madison
Silver medal – second place 2019 Cochabamba Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Mar del Plata Keirin
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Mar del Plata Scratch
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Mar del Plata Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Aguascalientes Omnium

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]

  1. ^ a b "Jennifer Valente". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. ^ Jennifer Valente at Cycling Archives (archive) Edit this at Wikidata
  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. ^ Paris 2024: Dominant Jennifer Valente finishes the job to secure place in U.S. cycling folklore. Retrieved 12 August 2024.