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.
Caitlyn Jenner, 72, is recovering at her Malibu home after having knee replacement surgery on Dec. 14, according to TMZ.
The former Olympian, who was born Bruce Jenner, shared a video with the site, where she opens up about having the procedure done, which you can see here.
In the short clip, Caitlyn is makeup-free in her hospital bed, as she reveals that she’s heading into the knee replacement surgery after putting it off for “25 years.” In the TMZ video, Caitlyn revealed her knee before the surgery, with marks in place for the doctors who would be operating.
The site also obtained before and after X-rays, which show how much straighter her knee was following the surgery. As a teenager and in the 70s, Caitlyn (who then went by Bruce) was a
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