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.
Parents are never supposed to choose favorites, but Caitlyn Jenner is admittedly closer to one of her youngest daughters than the other.
In recent years, Caitlyn has developed a special relationship with her youngest child, Kylie Jenner, and she opened up about their bond on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her podcast.
Caitlyn pinpointed the reason why she thinks she’s closer to Kylie than she is to Kendall Jenner, as well. “Kendall and I have a lot in common,” Caitlyn admitted. “She’s very athletic.
We kind of both had the same attitude towards life and get along very well. But Kendall’s off doing her own thing. Kylie…you know…I had dinner last night at Kylie’s house.
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