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 paid tribute to her late mother after her memorial service. The 73-year-old reality TV star her heartbreak at the loss at her mom Esther Jenner (née McGuire), who passed away in April at the age of 96.
Sharing a picture of herself speaking at the memorial, Caitlyn wrote: "I spoke at my mom’s memorial service yesterday. It was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do.
I miss her terribly every day. She is loved and missed and in a better place. ” Caitlyn's son Brandon Jenner commented: "So glad I got to say a last goodbye over the phone.
I’ll remember many moments, but, one of my favorites will always be when she told me, among the billowing smoke in her condo, ‘it’s not the cigarettes that will kill you, it’s the filters that will kill you. ’ “She rolled her own her whole life till 96 years old.
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