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 reveals why she signed up for Big Brother VIP
msn.comCaitlyn Jenner has revealed the real reason she decided to sign up for the show alongside the likes of Thomas Markle Jr. and Married At First Sight's Jessika Power.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph on Sunday, the 71-year-old - who six years ago transitioned to become a woman - revealed she wanted to star on the series to 'be an example' for young people who look up to her and her journey. 'I want to be visible.
And it is not so much what I say or doing a show about these issues, about gender dysphoria and this and that, it is about honestly doing a show like this.
Life went on for me,' she said. 'I went through this and life went on and life is good. I am still working, I am still doing things, I want that to be an example to the next.
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