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 sparks fury with controversial trans sport comments
mirror.co.ukCaitlyn Jenner is being widely criticised after saying transgender girls shouldn’t compete in female sports. The former Olympian, who came out as a transgender woman in 2015, shocked many with her views.
But it isn't the first time she has made the claim. Widely seen as the most high-profile trans person in America, Caitlyn has said it's "a question of fairness" that means transgender girls shouldn't be allowed to compete in female sports.
The 71-year-old, who won gold in the decathlon in the 1976 Olympics, told a TMZ reporter that she opposed biological boys who are trans competing in girls’ sports in school.
She said: "It just isn’t fair, and we have to protect girls’ sports in our schools." The comments come as multiple states, most
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