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 Defends Trans Golfer’s Quest To Obtain LPGA Tour Card, Says Pro Female Golfers ‘Can Beat 99.9 Per Cent Of Men’
etcanada.comCaitlyn Jenner is offering support to a trans golfer named Hailey Davidson, who’s hoping to make the Ladies Professional Golf Association [LPGA] Tour.
Last year, Davidson, 29, underwent gender reassignment surgery and, this summer, she’s been attempting to receive her LPGA Tour card.
So far, the athlete has been unsuccessful and a lot of backlash has been generated around the situation. Critics are calling the case unfair to women in sport, as they did earlier this year in the case of Lia Thomas, a professional swimmer. READ MORE: Caitlyn Jenner Congratulates Khloé Kardashian On Birth Of Baby No.
2 On Wednesday, Jenner, who was extremely critical of Thomas’s quest to compete in the women’s pool, joined Fox News, backing Davidson’s pursuit to be the first transgender woman on the tour.
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