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 three medals (one silver and two bronze) 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.
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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]
As of April 2024, Dygert was in a relationship with Axel Merckx 52, with whom she lives in Belgium.[14]
A 2020 profile by her sponsor Red Bull noted that she is a conservative who does not believe in feminism.[15]
Dygert issued a public apology in November 2020 for her social media conduct that was deemed inappropriate.[16] Some criticized her apology as "not sufficient".[17]
Career achievements
Major results
Road
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- 2013
- National Amateur Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2015
- UCI World Junior Championships
- National Amateur Championships
- 2016
- 6th Overall Tour of California
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
- 2017
- 1st 20px 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
- 2019
- 1st Time trial, UCI World Championships
- 1st Time trial, Pan American Games
- 1st Overall Colorado Classic
- 1st Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
- 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
- 7th Time trial, Summer Olympics
- 2023
- 1st Time trial, UCI World Championships
- National Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Overall RideLondon Classique
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos Feminas
- 2024
- 3rd Time trial, Summer Olympics
- 6th Classic Brugge–De Panne
Track
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- 2016
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
- 2017
- UCI World Championships
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Individual pursuit, Los Angeles
- 1st Team pursuit, Los Angeles
- 2019
- 1st 20px Team pursuit, Pan American Championships
- 2020
- UCI World Championships
- 2021
- 3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
- 2023
- UCI World Championships
World records
Event | Record | Date | Meet | Location | Ref |
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Individual pursuit | 3:17.283 | February 29, 2020 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | [18] |
3:16.937 | [18] |
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