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.
Kate Garraway supported by I’m A Celebrity’s Caitlyn Jenner amid husband Derek’s health battles
metro.co.ukCaitlyn Jenner has been supporting pal Kate Garraway amid her husband Derek Draper’s ongoing health battle.The 70-year-old and the Good Morning Britain host became friends when they were on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
together, and have since kept in touch.The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star said that she was heartbroken over the ‘tragedy’ of Derek being hospitalised after contracting Covid-19.She explained to Daily Star Online: ‘Kate, when she came home, her husband and coronavirus – it’s been a tragedy.’Derek has been in the hospital for six months and is still in intensive care.Although he no longer has coronavirus and is no longer in a medically-induced coma, Derek is in a minimum state of consciousness. ‘I talked to her.
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