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 has been giving college scholarships to trans kids as she changes political views
metro.co.ukCaitlyn Jenner has been giving college scholarships to trans students to help her community over the last three years. The 70-year-old reintroduced herself to the world as Caitlyn five years ago as she announced she was transitioning.While her announcement and her groundbreaking Vanity Fair cover were hailed as a milestone for trans visibility, the former Olympian was criticised for her political views, being a lifelong Republican and a Trump voter in 2016.Speaking to People magazine, Caitlyn admitted that she was ‘hurt’ when fundraisers uninvited her for being ‘too controversial’, saying: ‘I think I had been wearing rose-coloured glasses.
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