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 praises Kris saying Keeping Up With The Kardashians was 'good' for family
dailystar.co.ukCaitlyn Jenner has praised ex-wife Kris and said the hit TV show Keeping Up With The Kardashians has been 'good' for his family.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Star Online, the 70-year-old I'm A Celeb star also revealed her shock the show managed to last as long as it did.Kim Kardashian West announced this week that the show would end in 2021 leaving fans stunned.
But Caitlyn, who appeared in the show along with daughters Kendall and Kylie and stepchildren Kim, Khloe, Kourtney and Rob, was more pragmatic.
She said: "I couldn't be more proud of the entire family."After originally being commissioned for six episodes by E! Bosses at the network soon snapped up the opportunity to cash in on the popularity of the Kardashian-Jenner.
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