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 set to be snubbed by the Kardashians after announcing that she will be running to be Governor of California, it's claimed.
The 71-year-old reality star reportedly told her family on Friday that she would be campaigning to replace Gavin Newsom in office, as Caitlyn heads into the political arena for the first time.
She will be doing so without any public endorsements from sisters Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian, while daughters Kendall and Kylie Jenner have not publicly commented on Caitlyn's decision.
TMZ has reported that the Keeping Up With The Kardashians stars will not be stumping up any cash for Caitlyn's campaign, despite Kim's new billionaire status and Khloe and Kourtney being worth hundreds of millions of
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