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: I wasn't a good parent at the height of gender dysphoria battle
msn.comCaitlyn Jenner says battling with her gender identity made her a "bad parent". The 70-year-old reality star was born a male and was known as Bruce Jenner before her transition, and has said she originally planned to transition before she turned 40, and used to "cross-dress and go out" in secret long before she finally opened up about her struggle in 2015.
But Caitlyn also admits her battle with her "own issues" meant she "wasn't there" for her young children - who at the time were Burt, now 41, Cassandra, now 40, Brandon, now 39, and Brody, now 37 - when they needed her.
She explained: "For about four and a half years, I just tried my best to deal with it. Honestly, I thought I would transition before I'm 40. "I would cross-dress and go.
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