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- Jenner took home the gold medal, set a world record in points earned and was hailed as the greatest athlete in the world. As a newly-minted American hero during the Cold War, endorsement deals and appearance opportunities poured in. Jenner’s likeness became a nationwide brand, and Jenner appeared in ads, movies and TV shows.
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Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner; October 28, 1949; known as Bruce Jenner until 2015) is an American media personality and former Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete. Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery.
- The Early Years
- The Star High School Athlete
- Jenner Becomes Olympic Champion, American Icon
- Jenner Starts Hormone Therapy
- Jenner Meets and Marries Kris
- ‘Keeping Up with The Kardashians’ Empire Launches
- Jenner Moves on
- Today: Jenner Says ‘This Has Always Been Me’
Born in 1949, Jenner grew up in Tarrytown, New York, where his father worked as a tree surgeon and his mother stayed at home with the children. As a young boy, Jenner was so energetic that his dad nicknamed him “Bruiser.” It was in the late 1950s, during the Eisenhower era, when Jenner said he was 8 or 9 years old and felt compelled to do something...
By high school, Jenner was a gifted athlete. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the high school basketball team, football team, track team, and even won the championship slalom in water skiing. All the while, Jenner continued to quietly struggle with gender identity. “I look at guys and I go...‘He’s comfortable in his own skin,’” Jenner said....
In 1972, Jenner made the Olympic team for the Summer Games in Munich and came in 10th place for the decathlon. Once back home, Jenner immediately began training for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, vowing to himself that he would win the gold medal. He married his college sweetheart Chrystie Scott, the daughter of a minister in a branch of the...
In 1981, Jenner married his second wife, Linda Thompson, a glamorous songwriter and TV actress who had been Elvis’ girlfriend. They had two sons, Brandon and Brody. Jenner said he told Linda about the issues he was dealing with towards the end of their relationship and, by 1984, the couple had separated, which Jenner said was due in large part to h...
When Jenner met Kris Kardashian in 1990, she was in the process of divorcing famed defense attorney Robert Kardashian. By that time, Jenner had been taking female hormones for years and had started to develop breasts. “I had been on hormones for five years and I was a good solid 36B something so you really can’t, you know, you can’t hide those thin...
Nearly two decades into Bruce and Kris Jenner’s marriage, Kris negotiated a deal for a reality show that would give the Kardashians a chance to do eight episodes of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” in 2007. The show’s enormous success led to money pouring in from the network, advertisers, endorsement deals, clothing lines and mobile apps. Jenner h...
By 2014, Jenner was back on hormone therapy. In January of last year, Jenner made a very private doctor’s appointment to have his Adam’s apple shaved down, but a tabloid found out and took photos of him leaving the doctor’s office, causing a media frenzy. At the time, Jenner had not talked to his family about his transition. “That night I thought, ...
Jenner plans to change his name, but said he is not ready to disclose what “her” name will be, though he did show Diane Sawyer a closet full of women’s clothes and commented that his style was more “conservative” than his famous step-daughter, Kim Kardashian. The former Olympian also hosts “girls nights” in private. Jenner has now told all 10 child...
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Nov 7, 2019 · Her story of transitioning from Bruce Jenner, the 26-year-old all-American hero with a 1976 Montreal Olympics decathlon gold medal, to 70-year-old LGBT icon and vocal...
Feb 4, 2015 · As the Kardashian/Jenner clan became a multimillion-dollar empire with spin-offs, tie-ins, endorsement deals and books, the family has shared seemingly every bit of their lives.
May 23, 2018 · from the military draft. He also wanted to play football. He won a football scholarship for $250 a year to Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, but during his freshman year he was sidelined by an injury. Bored, he turned to the decathlon. At his first meet, in 1970, he not only won but set a school record, earning 6,991 points.
May 3, 2024 · Caitlyn Jenner, then known as Bruce Jenner, celebrating winning the decathlon gold medal at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. After the 1976 Olympic triumph, Jenner became active as a network television sports commentator and made television commercials, lectured, and published several books.
Jun 28, 2016 · An American Hero: 40 years after gold, Jenner comfortable in her own skin. Forty years after winning decathlon gold as Bruce Jenner, Caitlyn Jenner is the most famous transgender person on the ...
