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 Scratch
3rd Keirin
2012
1st Keirin, National Track Championships
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 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 2nd Omnium, Pruszków 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