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 Debuts First Campaign Video, But Republican Rival John Cox Unveils His Own Attention Grabbing Spot
deadline.comCaitlyn Jenner is up with her first campaign web video, an introductory spot in which she calls herself a “thoughtful disruptor,” but one of her Republican rivals is trying to draw his own share of attention with a campaign spot.John Cox, who lost of Governor Gavin Newsom in 2018, debuted a new ad, “Meet the Beast,” that is a scathing attack on the incumbent (“We chose pretty over accomplished”) while featuring heavy use of a snarling, growling bear.
Cox walks and stands alongside the animal, and the spot ends with the line, “Recall the beauty. Meet the nicest, smartest beast in California, John Cox.” Cox’s campaign is reportedly spending $5 million for an ad buy, and he is planning to campaign with the 1,000 pound bear at a stop in
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