Crownover provided most of the family income as a flight attendant for United Airlines. I trained that day on through the 1976 Games, 6–8 hours a day, every day, 365 days a year." Īfter graduating from Graceland, Jenner married girlfriend Chrystie Crownover and moved to San Jose, California. I literally started training that night at midnight, running through the streets of Munich, Germany, training for the Games. "For the first time, I knew what I wanted out of life and that was it, and this guy has it. By watching Soviet Mykola Avilov win the event, Jenner was inspired to start an intense training regimen. This prompted the Eugene Register-Guard to ask: "Who's Jenner?" Following the trials, Jenner was tenth in the decathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Needing to make up a 19-second gap on Gough in the 1500 meters, Jenner qualified for the Olympic team by finishing first, 22 seconds ahead of the others. Olympic Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, Jenner was eleventh after the first day in the men's decathlon, and climbed to fifth behind Steve Gough and Andrew Pettes with one event remaining on the Fourth of July. Jenner's Olympic events were men's events that occurred prior to Jenner's gender transition. Jenner graduated from Graceland College in 1973 with a degree in physical education. Jenner debuted as a decathlete in 1970 in the Drake Relays decathlon in Des Moines, Iowa, finishing in fifth place. Weldon encouraged Jenner to switch to the decathlon. Recognizing Jenner's potential, Graceland track coach L. Jenner earned a football scholarship and attended Graceland College (now Graceland University) in Lamoni, Iowa, but was forced to stop playing football because of a knee injury. Jenner attended Sleepy Hollow High School in Sleepy Hollow, New York, for her freshman and sophomore years and Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut, for her junior and senior years, graduating in 1968. As a young child, Jenner was diagnosed with dyslexia. Her younger brother, Burt, was killed in a car accident in Canton, Connecticut, on November 30, 1976, shortly after Jenner's success at the Olympic Games. She is of English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, and Welsh descent. Her parents are Esther Ruth ( née McGuire) and William Hugh Jenner, who was an arborist originally from New Brunswick, Canada. 6.1 2021 California gubernatorial recall electionĬaitlyn Marie Jenner was born on October 28, 1949, in Mount Kisco, New York as William Bruce Jenner, and was usually known as Bruce until June 2015.Six months after the election, Jenner was hired by Fox News as an on-air contributor.
The recall failed, and she only received 1% of the vote, finishing in 13th place among the candidates running to replace governor Gavin Newsom. Ī member of the Republican Party, she ran as a replacement candidate in the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election. Jenner is a transgender rights activist, although her views on transgender issues have been criticized by many other trans and LGBTQ+ activists. She has been called the most famous transgender woman in the world.
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From 2015 to 2016, she starred in the reality television series I Am Cait, which focused on her gender transition. Jenner publicly came out as a trans woman in April 2015, announcing her new name in July. Jenner has six children with three successive wives-Chrystie Crownover, Linda Thompson, and Kris Jenner-and from 2007 to 2021 appeared on the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians with Kris, their daughters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and Kris's other children Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian. 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.
Convinced by Olympic decathlete Jack Parker's coach, L. D. Weldon, to try the decathlon, Jenner had a six-year decathlon career, culminating in winning 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". Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery. Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner October 28, 1949) is an American media personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete.
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