# Jennifer Valente

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. 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.

## 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 in Tokyo. 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.
At the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Valente became the most decorated American track cyclist in history, winning her 17th World Championship medal. She surpassed the previous recordholder, Sarah Hammer, who has fifteen.
In August 2024, she won her second and third Olympic gold medals, in the team pursuit and omnium. Valente's team pursuit gold medal was the first-ever in U.S. history. In both the 2020 and 2024 Olympics the women's omnium was one of the final events of the competition. As such, her gold medals helped the United States to come from behind and edge China in the overall medal count in Tokyo and Paris.

## 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
       3rd Team pursuit

### 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)
    2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
       3rd Team pursuit, Cali
    2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
       2nd Team pursuit, Cali
       3rd Scratch, Cali
    Independence Day Grand Prix
       2nd Scratch
       3rd Individual pursuit

### 2016

    1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
    2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
    3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Cup (Hong Kong)

### 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
    2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
       1st Team pursuit, Los Angeles
    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
    2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
       1st Team pursuit, Minsk
       3rd Omnium, Minsk
    2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
       3rd Omnium, Milton
       3rd Scratch Race, Milton
       3rd Omnium, Berlin
       2nd Omnium, London
       2nd Team pursuit, London
    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
       2nd Team pursuit
    2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
       1st Omnium, Minsk
       1st Team pursuit, Minsk
       1st Points Race, Minsk
       3rd Scratch, Minsk
       2nd Omnium, Cambridge
       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
       1st Team pursuit, Milton
       3rd Madison, Milton

### 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 Cycling Nations Cup
       1st Elimination, Milton
       2nd Omnium, Milton
       3rd Team pursuit, Milton
       1st Omnium, Cali
       1st Elimination, Cali
       1st Madison, Cali
    2022 UCI Track Champions League
       1st 2022 UCI Track Champions League – Endurance Overall

### 2023

    2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Scratch
       3rd Elimination
    2023 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup
       1st Elimination, Cairo
       2nd Elimination, Milton
       3rd Omnium, Milton

### 2024

    2024 Summer Olympics
       1st Omnium
       1st Team pursuit
    2024 Pan American Track Cycling Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Points race
       1st Scratch
       1st Elimination
       1st Madison
    2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup
       2nd Elimination, Adelaide
       3rd Omnium, Adelaide
       3rd Madison, Adelaide
       1st Elimination, Milton
       3rd Omnium, Milton
       3rd Madison, Milton
    2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
       2nd Scratch
       3rd Elimination