Jennifer Marie Valente was born on December 24, 1994, and is an American professional racing cyclist who is the gold medal winner of the women’s omnium at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Valente has ridden for UCI Women’s Team Virginia’s Blue Ridge–TWENTY24.
She has won multiple gold medals in team pursuit championships and earned an Olympic silver medal in the team pursuit in 2016.
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.
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In the individual pursuit, she won a silver medal at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In the team pursuit, she 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.
Jennifer Valente Height: How Tall Is Jennifer Valente?
The height of Jennifer Valente is 1.73.
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