Career
She also competed at the 1998 World Championships in Colorado Springs. She joined the Italian Paralympic committee in 2009 after other successes at mountain biking. Valente was born blind and she is a physiotherapist.
She was able to take up competitive track cycling due to an initiative in the city of Vicenza.
She competed at the world paralympic event in 1998 and travelled to Sydney in 2000 to attend the Paralympic Games. took the silver medal in the pursuit as well to other bronze medals. In 2009 She joined the Italian Paralympic committee.
She has published two books of poetry.
