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 lined up for role in new Sex and the City to make it more 'diverse'
mirror.co.ukCaitlyn Jenner could be set for a cameo role in the new Sex and the City revival. The I’m A Celebrity fave is top of the list to appear in the reboot of the hit show, sources say.
Bosses are thought to want to make it as diverse as possible after the old series and films were criticised for not being inclusive.
They believe transgender icon Caitlyn, 71, would be perfect for a role. An insider says: “Caitlyn has been a media fixture in one way or another for going on 50 years.
She’s really perfect for an appearance. "They want new faces for the show, but they want people viewers actually know and care about too.” This week, it was announced that a Sex and the City revival was heading to the small screen more than 20 years after the series
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