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Caitlyn Jenner
(1949-)
Who Is Caitlyn Jenner?
One of the most beloved athletes of the 1970s, Bruce Jenner was born on October 28, 1949, in Mount Kisco, New York. Jenner had dyslexia and struggled in school at a young age, but excelled at sports. An injury in college forced him to give up football and turn to track and field. His coach encouraged him to train for the Olympic decathlon, and, in 1972, Jenner placed third in the Olympic trials and tenth at the Munich Games. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Jenner won a gold medal and broke a world record, scoring 8,634 points in the decathlon. In recent years, Jenner has appeared with his family on the popular reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians and later revealed in a Diane Sawyer interview that he is transgender and identifies as female. In June 2015, Jenner announced on Twitter that she is a woman, now known as Caitlyn.
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Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Caitlyn Marie Jenner
BORN: October 28, 1949
BIRTHPLACE: Mount Kisco, NV
SPOUSE: Kris Jenner (m. 1991-2015), Linda Thompson (m. 1981-1986), Chrystie Scott (m. 1972-1981)
CHILDREN: Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Brody Jenner, Cassandra Marino, Burt Jenner, Brandon Jenner
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Scorpio
Early Life
Born William Bruce Jenner on October 28, 1949, in Mount Kisco, New York, Jenner struggled with dyslexia but found success in sports throughout his youth. In high school, Jenner excelled in water skiing, football, basketball, and track. He accepted a football scholarship from Graceland College in Iowa, but after a knee injury took him out of the game, he switched to track and field. His college track coach, L.D. Weldon, convinced Jenner to train for the Olympic decathlon.
Olympic Gold
In 1972, Jenner made an impressive run at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany (also known as the Games of the XX Olympiad.) He placed third in the Olympic trials and ten American media personality and decathlete (born 1949) Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner; October 28, 1949), formerly known as Bruce Jenner, is an American media personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete. Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery. Convinced by Olympic decathlete Jack Parker's coach, L. D. Weldon, to try the decathlon, Jenner had a six-year decathlon career, culminating in winning the men's decathlon event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, setting a third successive world record and gaining fame as "an all-American hero". Jenner established a career in television, film, writing, auto racing, business, and as a Playgirl cover model. Jenner has six children with three successive wives – Chrystie Crownover, Linda Thompson, and Kris Jenner – and from 2007 to 2021 appeared on the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians with Kris, their daughters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, as well as Kris's other children from her previous marriage, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian. Jenner publicly came out as a trans woman in April 2015, announcing her new name in July of that year. From 2015 to 2016, she starred in the reality television series I Am Cait, which focused on her gender transition. At the time of her coming out, she had been called the most famous trans woman in the world. Jenner is a transgender rights activist, although her views on transgender issues have been criticized by many other LGBTQ+ activists. A member of the Republican Party, Jenner ran in the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election, finishing 13th with one percent of the vote.[15] Subscribe Newsletters This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? . A post shared by Caitlyn Jenner (@caitlynjenner) Jenner was born to William and Esther Jenner in Westchester, a suburb about an hour outside New York City, and raised in Tarrytown. From an early age, Jenner showed promise as an athlete. She was crowned the most valuable player on her high school's basketball team in Newton, Connecticut, and attended Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, on a football scholarship. Her high-school football coach, Peter Kohut, called her an "outstanding athlete" in a 2015 interview with the New York Daily News. She "was always in front of the line when we did warm-up laps and was never winded," Kohut said. Jenner, who had dabbled in water skiing and basketball in her athletic career, tried her hand at Olympic decathlon (a grueling athletic event that combines 10 track-and-field events like the 100-meter-dash, high jump, pole vault, and javelin throw) twice. In 1972, Jenner didn't perform quite as well as she might have hoped, placing 10th in the decathlon. To make sure she fared better four years later in 1976, she trained under several top athletes, including Al Feuerbach, who at the time held the world record in shot put, and the Olympic gold-medalist sprinter Millard Hampton, according to the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee Caitlyn Jenner
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Caitlyn Jenner was born in Mount Kisco, New York, in 1949.
In 1976, the 26-year-old Jenner won a gold medal for decathlon in the Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Bruce Jenner Facts
Bruce Jenner was one of four children born to his parents. Bruce Jenner's father William Jenner won a silver medal in the U.S. Army Olympics in 1945 in Germany for the 100-yard dash. Bruce Jenner had difficulties in school as a young child and even failed second grade. He went on to college anyway thanks to a football scholarship. Bruce Jenner has six children. He has Casey and Burt with his first wife Chrystie Crownover, Brandon and Brody with his second wife Linda Thompson, and Kylie and Kendall with his third wife Kris Jenner. When Bruce decided to change his gender his entire family was supportive. Bruce Jenner has appeared in a number of films including Can't Stop the Music, Grambling's White Tiger, and The Hungover Games. It is estimated that Bruce Jenner/Caitlyn Jenner's net worth is approximately $100 million. Television shows that Bruce Jenner has appeared on include I Am Cait, and Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Bruce Jenner has been successful in several sports including American football, track and field, and auto racing. The decathlon, for which Bruce Jenner became famous, involves three days of events. These events include the 100 meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 meter run, 110 meter hurdles, pole vaulting, discus throwing, 1500 meter run, and javelin throw. In 1976 Bruce Jenner won the gold medal in Montreal in the Olympic decathlon. When it was over he took a flag from a member of the audience and did a victory lap with it. This has become a tradition that is now common among athletes that win the event. Bruce Jenner was awarded the James E. Sullivan Award as the U.S. top amateur athlete after winning gold in the Olympics. In 1976 Bruce Jenner was awarded the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year award. Bruce Jenner was considered to be an American hero for bringing the decathlon gold medal home to the United States after it had been won by