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 Explains Why Kylie Is Changing Her Son's Name
justjared.comCaitlyn Jenner is enjoying life as a grandparent! The 72-year-old reality star spoke with ET at the 30th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Viewing Party on Sunday (March 27), where discussed welcoming two new grandchildren in the past few months. Click inside to read more… “I have 10 kids now, we are up to 20 grandchildren,” Caitlyn said of the her son, Burt‘s daughter, who was born on March 19. “Little Goldie Brooklyn Jenner came into the world just this week.” “I tell the girls I want 30,” she added. “I love a good number.
Thirty is pretty good, we will set the bar high.” Caitlyn‘s daughter Kylie Jenner welcomed her son on Feb.
2 with Travis Scott and after he was born, they announced that they would be changing the newborn’s name. Caitlyn shared that Kylie has told her the new name, but she wasn’t ready to confirm it publicly yet. “I cannot tell,” she said. “[Kylie] has not officially announced it.
We have discussed this a lot. I think I have a lot of experience on naming people, especially trying to name yourself, and it’s very difficult.” “When you have a little child, you know the little baby comes out and you think of what it should be, but then you get them in your arms and you play with them and spend time with them and say, ‘I don’t know if that name fits, maybe it’s another name,’” she explained. “That’s Kylie’s decision.
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