Caitlyn Marie Jenner is an American television 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". Given the unofficial title of "world's greatest athlete", Jenner established a career in television, film, writing, auto racing, business, and as a Playgirl cover model.
Born: | William Bruce Jenner, October 28, 1949, Mount Kisco, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater: | Graceland University |
Years active: | 1970–present |
Net worth: | US$ 100 million (2014 estimate) |
Television: | Keeping Up with the Kardashians, I Am Cait |
Political party: | Republican |
Children: | 6, including Brandon, Brody, Kendall, and Kylie |
Website: | [ Official site] |
Twitter: | Caitlyn Jenner's Twitter profile |
Instagram: | Caitlyn Jenner's Instagram profile |
Facebook: | Caitlyn Jenner's Facebook profile |
IMDb: | Caitlyn Jenner's IMDb |
Rotten Tomatoes: | Caitlyn Jenner's Rotten Tomatoes |
About Caitlyn Jenner
Formerly known as Bruce Jenner, she earned an Olympic gold medal in the 1976 decathlon at the Summer Olympics in Montreal. She regained fame on one of the most successful reality TV shows of all-time, Keeping Up with the Kardashians. In 2015, she announced her gender change in an interview with Diane Sawyer and began starring on her own series titled I Am Cait.
Caitlyn Jenner Before Fame
A knee injury she sustained playing football forced her to quit the sport and focus on the decathlon competition.
Achievement of Caitlyn Jenner
She was a cast member on the police series CHiPs from 1981 to 1982, playing Officer Steve McLeish.
Caitlyn Jenner Family Life
She had two sons, Brody and Brandon, with Linda Thompson before marrying Kris Jenner in 1991. She and Kris had two daughters, Kendall and Kylie, then divorced in early 2015. Caitlyn also has a son named Burt and a daughter named Casey from her first marriage to Chrystie Crownover.
Associations of Caitlyn Jenner
Her step-daughters are reality TV stars Khloe, Kourtney and Kim Kardashian.
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