Bruce Jenner

Caitlyn Marie Jenner formerly known as Bruce Jenner, is an American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete.

Jenner was a college football player for the Graceland Yellow jackets 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 1976 Olympics decathlon event at the Montreal Olympic Games, gaining fame as “an all-American hero”.

Date of birth:
28th October, 1949
"Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip – the thing to do."
― Bruce Jenner
Topic(s): Cool
"If you’re asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach."
― Bruce Jenner
Topic(s): Parenting
"I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you’re a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you’ll win – if you don’t, you won’t."
― Bruce Jenner
Topic(s): Work
"If I wasn’t dyslexic, I probably wouldn’t have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily… and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work."
― Bruce Jenner
Topic(s): Sports
"First of all, I try to be a positive role model."
― Bruce Jenner
Topic(s): Positive

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