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Caitlyn Jenner AKA Bruce Jenner “People look at me differently. They see me as this macho male, but my heart and my soul and everything that I do in my life—it is part of me. That female side is part of me. That’s who I am.” – Caitlyn Jenner Caitlyn Jenner is born on October 28, 1949 and is 65 years old. She was born in Mount Kisco, New York. Caitlyn Jenner’s real name is, William Bruce Jenner or most known by Bruce Jenner. Bruce is a transgender, which means he is now a female. Caitlyn Jenner is also a Reality Television Star, Track and Field Athlete. He went to Graceland College for school. Caitlyn Jenner, “Bruce”, is a gold medal-winning track star who set a world record in the decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Jenner scored 8,634 points in the decathlon. …show more content…
Jenner had dyslexia and struggled in school at a young age, but he excelled in sports. Later, Jenner retired from sports and became a popular motivational speaker, television sports commentator, and author. Jenner is head of, “Bruce Jenner Aviation”, a firm that sells aircrafts and to executive corporations. He has also written several books, including “The Decathlon Challenge: Bruce Jenner’s Story and Finding the champion within.” Jenner, the famous athlete has stated, “I always felt that my greatest assets was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.” In the 70s, Bruce Jenner became a sports icon after winning the Summer Olympics. He starred on TV shows such as “CHiPs” and “The Love Boat” before he switched to the reality TV show “Keeping up with the Kardashians.” Jenner was filmed in a dramatic film that went straight to DVD and was released 1992. April 2015, Jenner appeared in a TV interview with Diane Sawyer on the ABC’s 20/20. In the interview Jenner stated “That he identifies as a woman, using the gender-based pronouns “he’ and “we” at times while going through his personal history.” His family do support his decision on becoming a

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