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 tells The View host 'don't sweat it' over misgendered pronouns
dailystar.co.ukCaitlyn Jenner has accepted an apology from a television presenter who repeatedly misgendered her live on air.The 71-year-old Olympian turned TV personality announced her run for governor of California last week.Discussing her turn to politics on ABC's The View, co-host Joy Behar used the incorrect pronouns for the transgender star.Joy repeatedly used "he" and "him" when referring to Caitlyn – who came out as transgender in 2016.After correcting herself at the time, Joy addressed the “mix-up” on air, when the show returned from a commercial break.“So first of all let me apologise for my pronoun mix-up.
I think I just didn’t get enough sleep last night,” she told viewers.Joy continued: “I had no intention of mixing [the pronouns] up, and I.
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