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 among stars sending messages of hope to LGBTQ youth in lockdown
breakingnews.ieCaitlyn Jenner and Stephen Fry are among the stars sharing messages of hope with members of the LGBTQ community struggling with life in lockdown.
The British LGBT Awards and It Gets Better UK have teamed up for the #InThisTogether campaign which launches on Tuesday. The project will share charity resources for young LGBTQ people while also asking the public to film their own messages of support.
Jenner and Fry were joined by others including Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk, I’m A Celebrity star Adele Roberts and Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black in sharing a message.
In a video recorded at her Malibu home, Jenner, one of the most famous trans people in the world, said: “This is a difficult time for everyone, but especially young LGBT+
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