Caitlyn Jenner

Bruce Jenner

Personal information
Nationality	American
Height	6 ft 1.9 in (1.877 m) (1976)
Weight	194 lb (88 kg) (1976)
Website	www.brucejenner.com
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and Field
Event	Decathlon
College team	Graceland College
Coached by	Randy Trentman

Caitlyn Jenner

Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	Decathlon
Pan American Games
	1975 Mexico City	Decathlon

William Bruce Jenner (born October 28, 1949) is a former U.S. track and field athlete, motivational speaker, socialite, and television personality, known principally for winning the gold medal for decathlon in the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Bruce Jenner is originally from Mount Kisco, New York. He attended Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut, from Sleepy Hollow High School in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Jenner earned a football scholarship and attended Graceland College (now Graceland University), but a knee injury forced him to stop playing football and switch to the decathlon. He was mentored by Graceland's track coach L.D. Weldon, who was the first to recognize Jenner's potential and encouraged him to pursue the decathlon. Jenner debuted in the decathlon at the Drake Relays in 1970- placing sixth.

Olympic career

Jenner placed third in the decathlon at the 1972 U.S. Olympic trials and finished in tenth place at the 1972 Munich games. His success prompted him to devote himself full-time to a grueling training regimen, which he openly acknowledged was supported and graciously subsidized by his then wife. In 1974 and 1976, he was the American champion in the event, and he won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, setting a world record of 8,634 points. He was the 1976 recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States. Jenner was also the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year in 1976. He was inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame and Connecticut Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.

Television appearances

After his Olympic success, Jenner appeared with Grits Gresham in an episode of ABC's The American Sportsman. The program featured Gresham hunting, fishing, or shooting in exotic spots with celebrities. In the early 1990s he was the host of an infomercial for a stair-climbing exercise machine called the Stair Climber Plus.

Since 2002, Jenner has appeared as himself on a variety of game shows and reality TV programs. In January 2002 he participated in an episode of the American series of The Weakest Link featuring Olympic athletes. In February and March 2003, he was part of the cast of the American series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, and made a cameo on a season three episode of The Apprentice that originally aired in May 2005. He was partnered with Tai Babilonia for Skating with Celebrities that aired January-March 2006 (they were eliminated during the fifth of seven episodes). Jenner has additionally served as a guest judge on Pet Star on Animal Planet, and appeared with his family on NBC's Celebrity Family Feud.

Television Success

Beginning in late 2007 , Jenner, along with wife Kris Jenner, stepdaughters Kim, Kourtney, Khloe and stepson Robert (from Kris' marriage to attorney Robert Kardashian), and daughters Kylie and Kendall, starred in the E! reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians; season two had an average of 1.6 million viewers, an increase over the previous cycle, and the show was renewed for a third season.

At the start of its fourth season in late 2009, Keeping Up with the Kardashians set ratings records. Its second episode earned a total of 4.2 million viewers and is now the network's most-watched telecast to date, superseding the 2002 premiere of The Anna Nicole Show.

Additional television and talk show appearance by Jenner include the Nickelodeon's made-for-TV Gym Teacher: The Movie as well as episodes of Family Guy, Murder She Wrote and The Bonnie Hunt Show.

Other appearances

Following his Olympic success, Jenner appeared on the front of Wheaties brand breakfast cereal as a "Wheaties champion". Of several hundred athletes who have been so featured, Jenner is one of seven Wheaties spokesmen. He was invited to the White House to meet with President Gerald R. Ford, who autographed a political cartoon that featured the pair.

In 1980, Jenner made his acting debut in the film Can't Stop the Music. The disco-era comedy about the singing group The Village People was a flop, and Jenner never made another theatrical film. However, he did appear in a few TV movies. He also guest-starred in a handful of episodes of the 80s TV police drama CHiPs as Officer Steve McLeish (substituting for star Erik Estrada when he was in a contract dispute with the studio).

Personal life

Jenner had at least two siblings; a younger sister Lisa, and younger brother Burt, who were killed in an auto accident in Canton, Connecticut shortly after Jenner's success in the Olympics.

His company, Bruce Jenner Aviation, sells aircraft supplies to executives and corporations.

Jenner was the business development vice president for a staffing industry software application known as JennerNet, which was based on Lotus Domino technology.

Jenner also was diagnosed with dyslexia as a young child—he appeared on the sitcom Silver Spoons where he revealed his condition to the Stratton family—and after retiring from sports, built a successful career as a motivational speaker and television sports commentator (making an appearance on the series Learn To Read).

His first marriage to Chrystie Crownover (15 December 1972 - 2 January 1980) produced two children, daughter Casey Jenner (b. June 4, 1978) and first son Burt Jenner (b. September 9, 1976). His other sons, Brandon (b. June 10, 1981) and Brody born August 21, 1983 (with second wife Linda Thompson, to whom he was married from 1981 to their divorce in 1985) appeared in their own reality show The Princes of Malibu, which featured them living with their stepfather David Foster. Brody is also on the reality show The Hills.

Jenner is currently married to Kris (née Houghton, who was previously married to Robert Kardashian). He has two daughters with Kris named Kendall Nicole (b. November 3, 1995) and Kylie Kristen (b. August 10, 1997). He is also the stepfather of Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian and Rob Kardashian.

Jenner has had several plastic surgeries on his face. He has had repair done to his face to correct the previous surgeries, and it was aired on the reality show in which he and his family star, Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

He became a grandfather on December 14, 2009 when his eldest stepdaughter, Kourtney, gave birth to a son: Mason Dash Disick.

External links

• Bruce Jenner Official Bio
• Wheaties spokesperson
• Bruce Jenner's U.S. Olympic Team bio
• Bruce Jenner Gold Medal Greats Page
• Official site