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.[6]
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.[7] Dygert supported Sparks and continued to work with him until 2018.[8]
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.[9]
In November 2016, she married fellow professional cyclist Logan Owen and took his surname.[13] The marriage ended in divorce in January 2020.[14]
As of April 2024, Dygert was in a relationship with Axel Merckx, with whom she was living in Belgium.[15]
A 2020 profile by her sponsor Red Bull noted that she is a conservative who does not believe in feminism.[16]
Dygert issued a public apology in November 2020 for her social media conduct that was deemed inappropriate.[17] Some criticized her apology as "not sufficient".[18]
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^"Canyon//SRAM Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 10, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
^"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.
^Weislo, Laura (March 3, 2017). "USA women's team pursuit coach dismissed from program after SafeSport complaint". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^"Dygert Owen's fierce drive and pure talent a golden combination". VeloNews.com. June 8, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^"Chloé Dygert". Red Bull. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^"Road World Championships: Chloe Dygert has leg surgery after crash". BBC Sport. September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
^Frattini, Kirsten (September 24, 2020). "Chloe Dygert crashes out of time trial at Imola World Championships". CyclingNews. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
^Frattini, Kirsten (November 10, 2020). "Chloe Dygert makes surprise transfer to Canyon-SRAM in 2021". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
^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.
^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.
^"'I want to be the best in the world' - sitting down with Chloé Dygert". Cycling Weekly. August 2024. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
^"American Muscle". Redbull. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^"Chloe Dygert apologises for social media conduct". cyclingnews.com. November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
^"Rapha slams Chloé Dygert over social media conduct: 'An apology she issued was not sufficient'". VeloNews.com. November 27, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ a b"Chloe Dygert powers to new world record in gold-medal finale". Velonews.com. February 29, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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