Chloé Dygert

Chloé Dygert ( ; born January 1, 1997) is an American professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She has won eight gold medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and four medals (one gold, 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.

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.

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. Dygert supported Sparks and continued to work with him until 2018.

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.

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

Personal life In November 2016, she married fellow professional cyclist Logan Owen and took his surname. The marriage ended in divorce in January 2020.

In 2024, Dygert was in a relationship and living with former professional cyclist Axel Merckx. They have since broken up.

Views A 2020 profile by her sponsor Red Bull noted that she is a conservative who does not believe in feminism.

Dygert issued a public apology in November 2020 for her social media conduct that was deemed inappropriate. Apparel manufacturer Rapha criticized her apology as "not sufficient".

At the 2025 UCI World Championship Time Trial race, Dygert included a sticker on her bicycle that said "I stand for truth, I stand with Charlie Kirk" expressing support for the recently murdered conservative activist.

Career achievements

Major results 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 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 7th Time trial, Olympic Games 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 2024 UCI World Championships

2nd Classic Lorient Agglomération

6th Classic Brugge–De Panne 2025 1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under 2nd Surf Coast Classic 4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 8th Paris–Roubaix 9th Time trial, UCI World Championships

Track

2016 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

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 2021

2023 1st Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships 2024

2025

World records Event Record Date Meet Location Ref Individual pursuit 3:17.283 February 29, 2020 World Championships Berlin, Germany 3:16.937