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 Spends Christmas Recovering from Knee Replacement Surgery
etonline.comCaitlyn Jenner spent her Christmas recovering from a long-needed knee surgery.Jenner took to Instagram on Christmas Eve to share a video from the hospital — which was apparently shot several days earlier — in which she let her followers know about the procedure.«Guess what I'm doing today!
I'm getting my knee replaced,» Jenner said, as she held the camera and showed her knee, which had the word «Yes» written on in by a doctor as part of the pre-op procedure. «I've been putting this off for 25 years and I'm finally going to do it today!»Jenner further clarified in the caption, «Merry Christmas!
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