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 been left embarrassed after her first campaign video misspelled her name. Caitlyn, 71, is vying to become the next Governor of California to replace current state Governor Gavin Newsom.
Her first campaign video misspelled her name as it accidentally referred to her as ‘Cailyn’ – ruining the desired impact of her campaigning efforts.The former Keeping up with the Kardashians star and Olympic Athlete says that California needs a “compassionate disrupter” like herself.
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