Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner; October 28, 1949) 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 won 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.
Brandon Jenner Didn’t See Dad Caitlyn ‘More Than Half a Dozen Times’ Between Age 8 and 25
usmagazine.comSharing his truth. Brandon Jenner opened up about the strained relationship he had with Caitlyn Jenner as his parents worked through their divorce.The 37-year-old singer penned a thoughtful tribute to his dad as part of To Me He Was Just Dad: Stories of Growing Up With Famous Fathers, a collection of essays put together by author Joshua David Stein.
In his emotional excerpt, Brandon revealed that he was barely able to see the Olympian, 70, for a period of nearly 20 years.
At the time, his parents ended their five-year marriage in 1986 because of Caitlyn’s desire to transition — but the former decathlete didn’t complete the extensive process until January 2017.“A few years after my parents divorced, Dad apparently decided that it wasn’t the
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