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 revealed herself to be the "rising phoenix" on "The Masked Singer" this week, it was surprising to everyone. What was most surprising to two of her famous daughters was that she even wanted to do the show at all.The former Olympian admitted that despite signing a slew of paperwork, she told Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner that she was doing the hit show before it was filmed. "I told both of them because we're really close," Caitlyn told Entertainment Weekly.
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