Chloé Dygert

Chloé Dygert (/ˈdaɪɡərt/; born January 1, 1997) is an American professional racing cyclist[3] who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Canyon–SRAM.[4] She has won seven gold medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and a silver medal at the Olympic Games. She also won the Women's junior road race and Women's junior time trial at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.

Chloé Dygert
Dygert in 2018
Personal information
Full nameChloé Dygert
Born (1997-01-01) January 1, 1997
Brownsburg, Indiana, United States
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Weight147 lb (67 kg)[1]
Team information
Current teamCanyon–SRAM
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Time trialist (road)
  • Pursuitist (track)
Amateur team
2020Twenty20 Pro Cycling
Professional teams
2016–2019TWENTY16–Ridebiker[2]
2021–Canyon–SRAM
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
World Time Trial Championships (2019, 2023)
National Time Trial Championships (2021, 2023)
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Women's track cycling
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 LondonTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2017 Hong KongIndividual pursuit
Gold medal – first place2017 Hong KongTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2018 ApeldoornIndividual pursuit
Gold medal – first place2018 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2020 BerlinIndividual pursuit
Gold medal – first place2020 BerlinTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowIndividual pursuit
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaTeam pursuit
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 RichmondTime trial (junior)
Gold medal – first place2015 RichmondRoad race (junior)
Gold medal – first place2019 HarrogateTime trial
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowTime trial
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaTime trial

Career

Chloé Dygert was athletic from childhood on and played mainly basketball in her early years. However, she did not take cycling seriously until after a shoulder injury in 2013. After another injury she was forced to retire from basketball. In 2015 she became national junior champion, in road racing and individual time trial, as well as two-time Junior World Champion in the same disciplines. Then she received an invitation from the US cycling federation USA Cycling.[5]

In March 2016, Dygert started at the World Cup in London as a member of the US four-in-four team pursuit and won the world title with the team. In the same year, nineteen-year-old Dygert was nominated to participate in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she won a silver medal in the team pursuit.

The 2016 Olympic Pursuit Team was marked by controversy. The head coach, Andy Sparks, was fired for fostering a hostile environment.[6] Dygert supported Sparks and continued to work with him until 2018.[7]

At the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Hong Kong, she became World Champion in the team pursuit for the second time, along with Kelly Catlin, Jennifer Valente and Kimberly Geist and clinched the world title in the singles pursuit. In May 2017, she won her first Panamerican title, in the individual time trial on the road.

At the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Dygert won two titles: along with Kelly Catlin, Jennifer Valente and Kimberly Geist in the team pursuit and in the individual pursuit. She succeeded the victory in the individual pursuit in an outstanding manner: she set a world record two times in a row, in the qualification as well as in the final (3:20.060 minutes). Her record from the final caught the record of road cycling time-trial world champion, the Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten. In the Pan American Games in 2019 she won gold in the individual time trial.[8]

On September 24, 2020, at the UCI Road World Championships, Dygert crashed during the women's time trial event,[9] suffering a laceration to her left leg which required surgery.[10] That November, Dygert signed a four-year contract with UCI Women's WorldTeam Canyon–SRAM, from the 2021 season.[11]

Personal life

In November 2016, she married fellow professional cyclist Logan Owen and took his surname.[12] The marriage ended in divorce in January 2020.[13]

Dygert issued a public apology in November 2020 for her social media conduct that was deemed inappropriate.[14] The cycling brand Rapha condemned her endorsement of what it viewed as racist and transphobic posts on Twitter and found her apology insufficient. Rapha described her actions as "offensive, divisive, and have no place in cycling or society.[15]

Career achievements
Dygert in 2017.

Road
2013
National Amateur Championships
3rd Road race
3rd Time trial
2015
UCI World Junior Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
National Amateur Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
2016
6th Overall Tour of California
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2 (TTT)
2017
1st Time trial, Pan American Championships
4th Time trial, UCI World Championships
2018
Tour of the Gila
1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT)
2nd Chrono Kristin Armstrong
6th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 4
2019
1st Time trial, UCI World Championships
1st Time trial, Pan American Games
1st Overall Colorado Classic
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4
1st Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 1 & 4
1st Chrono Kristin Armstrong
2nd Overall Tour of the Gila
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 3 (ITT) & 4
National Championships
2nd Time trial
4th Road race
2021
1st Time trial, National Championships
2023
1st Time trial, UCI World Championships
1st Road race, National Championships

Track
2016
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2017
UCI World Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
UCI World Cup
1st Individual pursuit, Los Angeles
1st Team pursuit, Los Angeles
2018
UCI World Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Individual pursuit
2019
1st Team pursuit, Pan American Championships
2020
UCI World Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Individual pursuit
2023
UCI World Championships
1st Individual pursuit

World records
EventRecordDateMeetLocationRef
Individual pursuit3:17.283February 29, 2020World ChampionshipsGermany Berlin, Germany[16]
3:16.937[16]

References
  1. "Chloé Dygert". teamusa.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 8, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  2. "Sho-Air TWENTY20 Announces 2019 Roster with 4 Canadians". CanadianCyclist.com. Canadian Cyclist. January 16, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  3. "Chloe Dygert". Cycling Archives. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  4. "Canyon//SRAM Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 10, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  5. "19-year-old Chloe Dygert ready to chase gold at Rio Olympics | NBC Olympics". August 4, 2016. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  6. Weislo, Laura (March 3, 2017). "USA women's team pursuit coach dismissed from program after SafeSport complaint". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  7. "Dygert Owen's fierce drive and pure talent a golden combination". VeloNews.com. June 8, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  8. "Chloé Dygert". Red Bull. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  9. "Road World Championships: Chloe Dygert has leg surgery after crash". BBC Sport. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  10. "Chloe Dygert crashes out of time trial at Imola World Championships". CyclingNews. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  11. Frattini, Kirsten (November 10, 2020). "Chloe Dygert makes surprise transfer to Canyon-SRAM in 2021". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  12. Becerra Jr., John (December 19, 2016). "Owen cycling success 'almost overwhelming'". Kitsap Sun. Brent Morris, Gannett Company. Retrieved January 2, 2018. She also got married to fellow standout pro cyclist and Bremerton native Logan Owen a little over a month ago.
  13. Rogers, Neal (July 23, 2020). "Cyclists Kate Courtney and Chloé Dygert Go for Gold". Red Bull. Red Bull Bulletin. Retrieved September 23, 2020. This past January, the divorce was finalized.
  14. "Chloe Dygert apologises for social media conduct". cyclingnews.com. November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  15. "Rapha slams Chloé Dygert over social media conduct: 'An apology she issued was not sufficient'". VeloNews.com. November 27, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  16. "Chloe Dygert powers to new world record in gold-medal finale". Velonews.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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