Points of Interest/Personal

• For as long as she can remember, Jennifer has been riding bikes. She first took to the track in 2008 at 13 years old when she signed up for free kids classes at the San Diego Velodrome. She was racing a year later.
• Jennifer earned three podium finishes at the 2009 USA Cycling Junior Track National Championships. She earned seven juniors national champion Stars-and-Stripes jerseys over the next two years, plus a gold and bronze medal at the 2011 UCI Junior Track World Championships.
• Valente competed on the varsity high school water polo team as a freshman.

Olympic/World Championship Results

• 2016 UCI Track World Championships, London, England — 1st team pursuit
• 2015 UCI Track World Championships, St. Quentin en Yvelines, France — 2nd individual pursuit; 5th team pursuit
• 2014 UCI Track World Championships, Cali, Colombia — 4th scratch race; 5th team pursuit
• 2012 UCI Junior Track World Championships, Invercargill, New Zealand — 3rd keirin; 4th sprint; 4th team sprint; 8th 500m time trial
• 2011 UCI Junior Track World Championships, Moscow, Russia — 1st scratch race; 3rd keirin; 5th team sprint; 11th sprint; 12th 500m time trial

Career Highlights
Six-time National Champion — 2015 (omnium, scratch race & individual pursuit); 2014 (omnium); 2013 (scratch race); 2012 (keirin)
Fourteen-time Junior National Champion — 2012 (keirin, points race, scratch race, sprint, team sprint & 500m time trial); 2011 (keirin, points race, scratch race, sprint & 500m time trial); 2010 (points race, sprint & 500m time trial)
Four-time Pan American Champion — 2015 (individual pursuit, scratch race & team pursuit); 2014 (team pursuit)

3rd — 2015/16 UCI Track World Cup, Hong Kong, China, team pursuit
2nd — 2015/16 UCI Track World Cup, Cali, Colombia, team pursuit
1st — 2015 Pan American Championships, Santiago, Chile, individual pursuit, scratch race & team pursuit
2nd — 2015 Pan American Games, Toronto, Canada, team pursuit
2nd — 2015 USA Cycling Track National Championships, points race
3rd — 2014/15 UCI Track World Cup, Cali, Colombia, team pursuit
1st — 2014 Pan American Championships, team pursuit
3rd — 2014 Pan American Championships, omnium
2nd — 2013/14 UCI Track World Cup, Manchester, England, team pursuit
2nd — 2013/14 UCI Track World Cup, Guadalajara, Mexico, team pursuit
2nd — 2013 USA Cycling Track National Championships, keirin
2nd — 2013 USA Cycling U23 Road National Championships, criterium
3rd — 2012 Pan American Championships, keirin, scratch race & team pursuit