Jennifer Valente

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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

Major results

 * 2011
 * UCI Junior Track World Championships
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Scratch
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Keirin


 * 2012
 * 1st MaillotUSA.PNG Keirin, National Track Championships
 * 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


 * 2013
 * 2nd 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
 * 1st 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)
 * Independence Day Grand Prix
 * 2nd Scratch
 * 3rd Individual pursuit


 * 2016
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games


 * 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 Omnium, US Sprint GP
 * 1st Omnium, Fastest Man on Wheels
 * 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
 * 1st gold medal blank.svg Omnium, Manchester
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg Omnium, Pruszków
 * 5th Overall Cascade Cycling Classic


 * 2018
 * UCI Track World Championships
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
 * 2nd silver medal blank.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
 * 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 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
 * 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 Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg Points race
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg 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 gold medal blank.svg Omnium
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit
 * 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Scratch
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Elimination


 * 2022
 * 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
 * 1st gold medal blank.svg Omnium
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Elimination
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Points race
 * 2022 UCI Track Champions League
 * 1st gold medal blank.svg 2022 UCI Track Champions League – Women's Overall


 * 2023
 * 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
 * 1st gold medal blank.svg Omnium
 * 1st gold medal blank.svg Scratch
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Elimination