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 is opening up about how her most famous daughters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, reacted to her being on The Masked Singer.
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, the 71-year-old athlete and reality star admitted the two were a bit shocked that she was taking part in it. “I told both of them because we’re really close.
And I said, ‘You can’t believe it, girls, this is what I’m doing.’ And when I told them I was doing The Masked Singer, they both said the exact same thing: Why are you doing that?!’” Caitlyn shared.
She told them it was because she loves “a good challenge, number one, you know that. Number two, we’re living through this pandemic.
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