Chloé Dygert
Chloé Dygert (2018) | |
To person | |
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Full name | Chloé Dygert Owen |
Date of birth | January 1, 1997 |
nation | United States |
discipline | Road / train |
Driver type | Time trial woman |
To the team | |
Current team | TWENTY20 Pro Cycling |
function | driver |
Most important successes | |
Last updated: August 30, 2020 |
Chloé Dygert Owen (born Dygert; born January 1, 1997 in Brownsburg ) is an American cyclist who is active on track and road .
Athletic career
Chloé Dygert was very athletic from childhood and mainly played basketball . She only started cycling seriously in 2013 after a shoulder injury, but had to stop playing basketball again after another injury. In 2015 she became national junior champion in road races and individual time trials , as well as two-time junior world champion in the same disciplines. She then received an invitation from USA Cycling .
In March 2016, Dygert started at the World Track Championships in London as a member of the US track four in the team pursuit ; the team became world champions. Experienced riders like Sarah Hammer praised their attitude, and the former cyclist Kristin Armstrong said of Dygert that she was a "natural talent". In the same year, the 19-year-old Dygert was nominated for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she won a silver medal in the team pursuit. At the 2017 UCI Track World Championships in Hong Kong , she became world champion in the team pursuit for a second time, together with Kelly Catlin , Jennifer Valente and Kimberly Geist , and she won the world title in the single pursuit. In May 2017 she won her first Pan-American title, in the individual time trial on the road.
At the UCI Track World Championships 2018 , Chloé Dygert won two titles: together with Kelly Catlin, Jennifer Valente and Kimberly Geist in the team pursuit and in the single pursuit . She succeeded in winning the singles pursuit in an outstanding manner: In both the qualification and the final (3: 20.060 minutes) she set a world record ; in the final, she caught up with the time trial world champion on the road, the Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten . She won gold in the individual time trial of the 2019 Pan American game winners .
In 2020 Dygert set a new world record in the single pursuit with 3: 16.937 minutes at the World Railroad Championships in Berlin and became world champion in this discipline, as well as with Jennifer Valente , Lily Williams and Emma White in the team pursuit.
Personal
She has been married to cyclist Logan Owen since November 2016 .
successes
train
- 2016
- Olympic Games - Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin , Jennifer Valente and Ruth Winder )
- World Champion - Team Pursuit (with Sarah Hammer , Kelly Catlin , Jennifer Valente and Ruth Winder )
- California Tour Team Time Trial
- 2017
- World Champion - Single Pursuit, Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin , Jennifer Valente and Kimberly Geist )
- Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles - Individual Pursuit, Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin , Jennifer Valente and Kimberly Geist )
- 2018
- World Champion - Single Pursuit, Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin , Jennifer Valente and Kimberly Geist )
- World Cup in Minsk - team pursuit (with Kelly Catlin , Jennifer Valente and Kimberly Geist )
- 2019
- Pan America Game Winner - Team Pursuit (with Kimberly Geist , Lily Williams and Christina Birch )
- 2020
- World Cup in Milton - Omnium, Team Pursuit (with Lily Williams , Jennifer Valente and Emma White )
- World Champion - single pursuit ( world record : 3: 16.937 min.), Team pursuit (with Jennifer Valente , Lily Williams and Emma White )
Street
- 2015
- Junior world champion - road race, individual time trial
- American Junior Champion - Road Race, Individual Time Trial
- 2017
- 2018
- a stage and junior ranking Joe Martin Stage Race
- two stages Tour of the Gila
- 2019
- Overall ranking, points ranking, mountain ranking, junior ranking and two stages Joe Martin Stage Race
- two stages and junior competition Tour of the Gila
- Chronograph Kristin Armstrong
- Pan America Game Winner - Individual Time Trial
- Overall ranking, points ranking, junior ranking, mountain ranking and four stages of the Colorado Classic
- World Champion - Individual Time Trial
Teams
- 2016 TWENTY16 Ridebike
- 2017 Sho-Air TWENTY20
- 2018 Sho-Air TWENTY20
- 2019 TWENTY20 Pro Cycling
Web links
- Chloé Dygert in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Chloé Dygert in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ^ 19-year-old Chloe Dygert ready to chase gold at Rio Olympics. In: nbcolympics.com. July 20, 2016, archived from the original on August 4, 2016 ; accessed on August 4, 2016 .
- ^ John Becerra: Owen cycling success "almost overwhelming". She also got married to fellow standout pro cyclist and Bremerton native Logan Owen a little over a month ago. Kitsap Sun, December 19, 2016; accessed January 2, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dygert, Chloé |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dygert Owen, Chloé (married name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1997 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brownsburg |