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Mount Kisco, New York, U. S. Residence. Malibu, California, U. S. Alma mater. Graceland University. Years active. 19.

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College team. Graceland Yellowjackets. Coached by. Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born October 2. Bruce Jenner, is an American television personality and retired Olympicgold medal- winning decathlete. Jenner was a college football player for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery. Coach L. D. Weldon, who had coached Olympic decathlete Jack Parker, convinced Jenner to try the decathlon.

After intense training, Jenner won the 1. Olympics decathlon event at the Montreal Olympic Games,[3][4] gaining fame as "an all- American hero".[5] Jenner set a third successive world record while winning the Olympics.

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The winner of the Olympic decathlon is traditionally given the unofficial title of "world's greatest athlete".[6] With that stature, Jenner subsequently established a career in television, film, writing, auto racing, business and as a Playgirl cover model.[7]Jenner has six children with three successive wives: Chrystie Crownover, Linda Thompson, and Kris Jenner. Since 2. 00. 7, Jenner has appeared on the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians with Kris, their daughters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and step- children Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian. Previously identifying publicly as male, Jenner revealed her identity as a trans woman in April 2. Bruce to Caitlyn in a July 2.

Vanity Fair cover story. Her name and gender change became official on September 2. She has been called the most famous openly transgender woman in the world.[9][1. From 2. 01. 5 to 2. Jenner starred in the reality television series I Am Cait, which focused on her gender transition. Early life. Caitlyn Marie Jenner was born William Bruce Jenner on October 2.

Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born October 28, 1949), formerly known as Bruce Jenner, is an American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete. The 33-year-old reality star says he used his wealth to hide his insecurities.

Mount Kisco, New York,[1. Esther Ruth (née Mc. Guire) and William Hugh Jenner. Her father was an arborist.[1. She has two sisters, Lisa and Pam.[1. Her younger brother, Burt, was killed in a car accident in Canton, Connecticut on November 3.

Jenner's success at the Olympic Games.[1. As a young child, Jenner was diagnosed with dyslexia.[1. Jenner attended Sleepy Hollow High School in Sleepy Hollow, New York, for her freshman and sophomore years[1. Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut, for her junior and senior years, graduating in 1.

Jenner earned a footballscholarship and attended Graceland College (now Graceland University) in Lamoni, Iowa, but was forced to stop playing football because of a knee injury.[2. Recognizing Jenner's potential, Graceland track coach L. D. Weldon encouraged Jenner to switch to the decathlon.[2. In 1. 97. 0, Jenner placed fifth while debuting in the decathlon at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.[2. Jenner graduated from Graceland College in 1.

Olympic career. All Olympic events and medals are for men's events and prior to her gender transition. Early career. At the 1.

U. S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, Jenner was in fifth place in the men's decathlon, behind Steve Gough and Andrew Pettes. Needing to make up a 1. Gough in the men's 1. Jenner qualified for the Olympic team by running a fast final lap, finishing 2. Video on You. Tube @2.

This prompted the Eugene Register- Guard to ask: "Who's Jenner?"[2. Following the Olympic Trials, Jenner finished in tenth place in the decathlon at the 1. Summer Olympics in Munich.[2. By watching Soviet Mykola Avilov win the event, Jenner was inspired to start an intense training regimen. For the first time, I knew what I wanted out of life and that was it, and this guy has it. I literally started training that night at midnight, running through the streets of Munich, Germany, training for the Games. I trained that day on through the 1.

Games, 6–8 hours a day, every day, 3. After graduating from Graceland, Jenner married girlfriend Chrystie Crownover and moved to San Jose, California.

Chrystie provided most of the family income by working as a flight attendant for United Airlines.[2. Jenner trained during the day and sold insurance at night, earning US$9,0. In the era before professional athletes were allowed to compete in Olympic sports, this kind of training was unheard of. During this period, Jenner trained at the San Jose City College (SJCC) and San Jose State University (SJSU) tracks.[3. San Jose was centered around SJCC coach Bert Bonanno; at that time, the city was a hotbed for training and was called the "Track Capital of the World".[3.

Many other aspiring Olympic athletes also trained at San Jose; the list included Millard Hampton, Andre Phillips, John Powell, Mac Wilkins, and Al Feuerbach.[3. Jenner's most successful events were the skill events of the second day: hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1. Olympic success. Jenner was the American champion in the men's decathlon event in 1.

Track & Field News magazine's August 1. While on tour in 1. Jenner won the French national championship,[3. Pan American Games, earning the tournament record with 8,0.

This was followed by new world records of 8,5. U. S. A./U. S. S. R./Poland triangular meet in Eugene, Oregon on August 9–1. Avilov's record,[3.

Olympic trials, also in Eugene.[2. Of the 1. 3 decathlons Jenner competed in between 1. AAU National Championships, when a "no height" in the pole vault marred the score.[2. At the 1. 97. 6 Olympic Games in Montreal, Jenner achieved five personal bests on the first day of the men's decathlon – a "home run" – despite being in second place behind Guido Kratschmer of West Germany. Jenner was confident: "The second day has all my good events.

If everything works out all right, we should be ahead after it's all over." Following a rainstorm on the second day, Jenner had a strong but cautious showing in the hurdles and discus, then personal bests in the pole vault, when Jenner took the lead, and javelin.[4. By that point, victory was virtually assured, but it remained to be seen by how much Jenner would improve the record. In the final event—the 1. Jenner looked content to finish the long competition.

Jenner sprinted the last lap, making up a 5. Soviet Leonid Litvinenko, who was already well out of contention for the gold medal, but whose personal best had been eight seconds better than Jenner's personal best before the race. Jenner set a new personal best time and won the gold medal with a world- record score of 8,6. Olympic world record performance: [4.

Long jump (wind)Shot put. High jump. 40. 0m.

H (wind)Discus. Pole vault. Javelin. 15. 00m. PB8. 19. 7. 2. 2 +0. PB8. 65. 15. 3. 5 PB8. PB8. 82. 47. 5. 1 PB9.

PB1. 00. 56. 8. 5. PB8. 62. 4: 1. 2.

PB7. 14. Impact. After the event, Jenner took an American flag from a spectator and carried it during the victory lap, starting a tradition that is now common among winning athletes.[4. Watch Santa Who? Online Hulu on this page. Abandoning vaulting poles in the stadium, with no intention of ever competing again, Jenner stated that: "In 1.

I made the decision that I would go four years and totally dedicate myself to what I was doing, and then I would move on after it was over with. I went into that competition knowing that would be the last time I would ever do this."[2. Jenner explained, "It hurts every day when you practice hard.