Caitlyn Marie Jenner was born William Bruce Jenner on October 28, 1949, in Mount Kisco, New York. Jenner won the men’s decathlon event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. She also won a gold medal in the women’s 4x400m relay at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, and a silver medal at the 1974 Winter Olympics. Jenner publicly came out as a trans woman in April 2015, with her name and gender being legally changed the following September. In January 2017, she underwent sex reassignment surgery.
About Caitlyn Jenner in brief
Caitlyn Marie Jenner was born William Bruce Jenner on October 28, 1949, in Mount Kisco, New York. Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery. Jenner debuted as a decathlete in 1970 in the Drake Relays decathlon in Des Moines, Iowa, finishing in fifth place. 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” Jenner has been called the most famous transgender woman in the world. Jenner publicly came out as a trans woman in April 2015, with her name and gender being legally changed the following September. Jenner starred in the reality television series I Am Cait, which focused on her gender transition. In January 2017, she underwent sex reassignment surgery. Her younger brother, Burt, was killed in a car accident in Canton, Connecticut, on November 30, 1976, shortly after Jenner’s success at the Olympic Games. Jenner has six children with three successive wives. She has since 2007 appeared on the reality TV series Keeping Up with the Kardashians with Kris Jenner, their daughters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and Kris’s other children Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian. She is of English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, and Welsh descent. Jenner earned a football scholarship and attended Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa. Jenner married girlfriend Chrystie Crownover and moved to San Jose, California, after graduating from Graceland in 1973 with a degree in physical education.
Jenner trained at the San Jose City College and San Jose State University tracks and was called the “Track Capital of the World” Many other aspiring Olympic athletes also trained at San Jose. Jenner’s most successful events were the World Championships in the decathlon and the World Championship in the 4x100m freestyle relay. She also won a gold medal in the women’s 4x400m relay at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, and a silver medal at the 1974 Winter Olympics. Jenner is a member of the International Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic Committee. She was diagnosed with dyslexia as a young child and attended Sleepy Hollow High School in New York, for her freshman and sophomore years and Newtown High School for her junior and senior years, graduating in 1968. Her parents are Esther Ruth and William Hugh Jenner, who was an arborist. In the 1970s, Jenner worked as a flight attendant for United Airlines and sold insurance at night, earning US$9,000 a year. She trained 6–8 hours a day, every day, 365 days a year, for the 1976 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, training for the Games. In 1972, Jenner was inspired to start an intense training regimen after watching Soviet Mykola Avilov win the event. Jenner finished in tenth place in the Decathlon at the Olympics in Munich. Jenner qualified for the Olympic team by running a fast final lap, finishing 22 seconds ahead of the other runners.
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