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Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Jenner is an American TV personality who was formerly known as Bruce Jenner. She is also a retired Olympic gold medal winner decathlete. She was also a college football player for the Graceland Yellowjackets. But she is most popular for her TV appearance in the famous reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians with her family members.

Early Life of Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn’s full name is Caitlyn Marie Jenner. She was born on October 18, 1949, as a boy in Mount Kisco, New York. Her parents were Esther Ruth and William Hugh Jenner. Her father was an arborist. She also has two sisters. Caitlyn studied at the Sleepy Hollow High School at her childhood. She finished her high school study from Newtown High School. She played football back then. Caitlyn also had a scholarship and attended Graceland University, but was forced to stop playing football because of a knee injury.

Caitlyn Jenner

Career of Caitlyn Jenner

Jenner first joined at the U.S. Olimpics trials in 1972 and won fifth in the men’s decathlon. After that, she won the American champion in the men’s decathlon event in 1974, and was featured on the cover of Track & Field News magazine’s August 1974 issue. After retiring from Olympics she first started her media career with a disco-era Village People comedy Can’t Stop the Music (1980). This movie was a disaster. She also got the nomination for the 1980 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor. Then she did some TV work like Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story(1980), Grambling’s White Tiger (1981) etc. After that, from 2007, Jenner has starred in the E! reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians along with wife Kris Jenner, stepchildren Kourtney Kardashians , Kimberley Kardashians , Khloé Kardashians , and Rob Kardashian (from Kris’s marriage to attorney Robert Kardashian), and daughters Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner.

In a 20/20 interview with Diane Sawyer in April 2015, Jenner came out as a trans woman, saying that she had dealt with gender dysphoria since her youth

Caitlyn has been married three times. Her wives was Kris Jenner (m. 1991–2015), Linda Thompson (m. 1981–1986), Chrystie Jenner (m. 1972–1981). She also has 6 children-Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Brody Jenner, Cassandra Marino, Brandon Jenner, Burt Jenner.

 

Profile

Born: October 28, 1949, Mount Kisco, New York, United States
Height: 6′ 2″

Family

Children: Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Brody Jenner, Cassandra Marino, Brandon Jenner, Burt Jenner
Spouse: Kris Jenner (m. 1991–2015), Linda Thompson (m. 1981–1986), Chrystie Jenner (m. 1972–1981)

Filmography

    • I Am Cait (2015)
    • Transparent (2016)
    • Keeping Up with the Kardashians(2007-)

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