Bruce Jenner's sports career
Bruce Jenner was born on October 28, 1949 in New York. The parents noticed the boy's craving for sports in early childhood. That is why the father decided to send his son to the American football section. The guy’s career could have been successful, but a serious knee injury was the reason to give up his career in football.
It is worth noting that Bruce Jenner was not upset then and found the strength to take up another sport - decathlon. As it turned out, this was the right path for the boy. His coach L.D. Weldon then advised Bruce to take the decathlon seriously. Fortunately, Bruce listened to the words of the curator and already in 1970 he made his debut at competitions held in Des Moines (Iowa), taking 5th place.
The next (less successful) was participation in the 1972 Olympic Games, where Bruce Jenner took 10th place. At the same time, the young man worked at night at an insurance company.
Sport
Jenner was actively involved in sports in college. Then he focused on the decathlon, which included 10 types of athletics. He first competed in the sport in 1970 at the Drake Relays, where he finished 5th. A year later, he took 1st place in the National College Athletic Association competition.
In 1972, Bruce went to the Olympic Games in Munich, where he finished 10th overall. But this defeat only spurred the guy to train even harder. In 1974, he became the US decathlon champion. In 1975, Jenner set the first world record in the discipline, and a year later surpassed it by 14 points.
Bruce Jenner at competitions
In 1976, the athlete confidently won the Olympic Games, setting a new world record. Bruce was 200 points ahead of his nearest opponent. This victory made the athlete a national hero and secured him the James Sullivan Prize, which was awarded annually to amateur athletes who had achieved considerable success. A cup with his name adorned many American halls of fame, which were in one way or another connected with the life of an athlete. Jenner held the world record until 1980, and the US record until 1991. It was a triumph for the athlete’s sports biography.
Having won gold at the 1972 Olympic Games, which had previously only been won by Soviet athletes, Bruce Jenner became famous. He was recognized on the streets, he was a frequent guest on television, and he received an incredible number of offers. Shortly after the games, his face graced a box of Wheaties cereal.
Bruce Jenner with Olympic gold medal
In September 1976, he was invited to a dinner party at the White House, where he met the 38th President of America, Gerald Ford.
Since 1980, Bruce has been involved in sports racing, successfully participating in the IMSA Camel GT series. In 1986, he won the 12-hour race with co-driver Scott Pruett.
First successes
In 1974, at the national decathlon competition, Bruce took 2nd place and appeared on the cover of a famous American athletics magazine. A year later, Bruce is again awarded the award as the winner of the national championship.
In 1975, Bruce set a world record in the decathlon, surpassing USSR athlete Nikolai Avilov in points at the Olympic Games held in Munich. The following year, Jenner becomes the champion at the Montreal Olympics.
It should be said that Jenner is the founder of the tradition of running with the flag of his country next to the stands.
Biography
Caitlyn Jenner (William Bruce Jenner) is an American athlete, Olympic champion in decathlon, author of a world record that has been unbeaten for 5 years. He later became famous as an actor and participant in reality shows.
Caitlyn Jenner
In 2015, William Bruce Jenner came out as a transgender woman. The TV star took a new name, Caitlin, and began appearing in society exclusively as a woman.
Filming
In 1980, Bruce was offered a role in the film “Can't Stop the Music.” For this performance, the aspiring actor is nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor. Fortunately, he is not given an award. It turns out that Neil Diamond, who played the role in the film called “The Jazz Singer,” plays even worse.
Jenner's television career is getting better over time. Bruce starred in several TV series and television films, and also took part in the reality show “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” along with his wife Kris, adopted children (Kim, Khloe, Rob, Kourtney) and his daughters (Kendall and Kylie).
Personal life of Caitlyn Jenner
While Bruce, the now successful and wealthy Caitlin had three official wives. The former athlete's first girlfriend was Christy Scott. They married in 1972 while they were in college. Over the course of ten years of marriage, they had two children - son Bert, named after Jenner's brother who died in a car accident, and daughter Cassandra.
Bruce Jenner and his first wife Christie
In 1981, they separated, and the 32-year-old athlete tied the knot with Elvis Presley's ex-girlfriend, artist Linda Thompson. Their wedding ceremony took place in Hawaii to the sounds of the wedding song of the “King of Rock and Roll.” The couple had sons Brandon and Brody. But one day the head of the family plucked up courage and told his wife about his “problem,” which broke her heart, and they divorced.
Bruce Jenner and his wife Linda Thompsan
Bruce's third wife in 1991 was Kris Kardashian, who gave her love, energy and daughters, Kendall and Kylie. They separated in 2015.
Bruce Jenner and Kris Kardashian
In 2021, information appeared about the wedding of 68-year-old Kate and 21-year-old transgender model Sophia Hutchins (formerly Scott Hutchins). Both transgender women confirm that they have become inseparable. But they say that their relationship cannot be called romantic; they are connected by supposedly purely friendly relations.
Caitlyn Jenner's children
However, in 2021, journalists continue to exaggerate information about the upcoming secret wedding ceremony of transgender people. According to rumors, Jenner also intends to become a mother in the near future, using the services of a surrogate mother.
Gender change
In 2013, Jenner separated from his third wife, Kris. Immediately after the breakup, Bruce begins hormone therapy to prepare for gender reassignment surgery. Such news for Jenner’s ex-wife and children comes as a bolt from the blue. In the latest interview, Kris Kardashian states that in all the years of their life together, Bruce never once said that such an idea was in his thoughts. When asked why Jenner was taking such a step, he replied that all his life he had dreamed of becoming a woman.
Stunning appearance
That same year, viewers saw a man named Bruce Jenner for the last time. The gender change of a famous person stunned the whole of America.
Caitlin's first appearance occurred in 2013. Her new face was published on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine. At the bottom was the inscription: “Call me Caitlin!” It is worth saying that the appearance of a transgender person on the cover was new for the publication.
After such a desperate step, many indignations followed. Many claimed that this move was just PR. But was it worth such torment and painful operations? This question can only be answered by Caitlyn (Bruce) Jenner, who in another interview stated that after gender reassignment surgery she became the happiest person.
Caitlin's Confessions
After the entire press began to write that Bruce Jenner is a woman, many became interested in the question of his orientation. As Caitlin herself said, a strange feeling has not left her since she was 8 years old. Then Bruce tried on his mother’s dress for the first time and put on bright makeup. In his youth, he began taking hormonal drugs, but stopped in time because he understood how others would perceive it.
When going to any social party with his wife and children, the former weightlifter wore a bra and tights under his tuxedo. It is worth saying that Bruce Jenner was very worried about his health before and after the operation. Fortunately, all the procedures and the operation itself went great.
65-year-old Bruce Jenner openly spoke about gender change
Bruce Jenner has finally told the world the secret he's kept since childhood: he was born with the "soul of a woman." Thus, the ex-athlete and former stepfather of TV personality Kim Kardashian confirmed the rumors about a gender change that had long been circulating on the Internet. Bruce decided to have a frank interview with TV presenter Diane Sawyer, which aired on the American ABC channel on Friday, April 24.
It turned out that some time ago Bruce was even thinking about suicide - it was so difficult for him to reveal the truth primarily to his children, and after the operation to remove the Adam's apple, Jenner was afraid that fans would understand what he was going through before he was ready tell them about it.
“I walked up and down the room and thought only about the gun that was kept in my safe. I thought it was so simple - the most important thing is that the pain and fear will go away. However, in the end I pulled myself together and realized that I wanted to know how this story would end,” Bruce admitted.
Of course, many fans wanted to know whether the Olympic decathlon champion was influenced by his alleged gay sexuality. “I have always loved women and have never felt attracted to men, despite my feminine nature. All three of my decisions to get married (with Christy Crownover, Linda Thompson and Chris Kardashian - approx. Woman.ru) were absolutely sincere, and I love all six of my children madly. But now I'm more asexual while my body goes through all the transformations. Let’s see what happens next,” Jenner said.
At the same time, Bruce Jenner's last ex-wife, Kris, knew about his love for dressing up as a woman and applying makeup (the ex-athlete had been doing this since he was 8 years old - of course, most often alone behind closed doors). She took it calmly, “like a whim.” Bruce's famous stepdaughter, Kim Kardashian, did the same. One day she saw Bruce in a woman’s dress, walking around the family mansion in Los Angeles - of course, the star was scared and disgusted, but she was reassured by her lover, Kanye West, who was also sympathetic to Bruce Jenner’s transformations.
However, when Bruce admitted to his wife that he dreamed of a gender change and an open, free and proud life as a woman, Chris doubted whether she wanted to be with her husband, and eventually filed for divorce. Jenner does not hold a grudge against her ex-wife: “She is a wonderful woman who gave me two phenomenal daughters. I am happy to call myself her ex-husband."
During the interview, Bruce did not tell fans his new female name for fear of too much publicity, but the former athlete said that he was going to “go all the way” in his desire to become a woman - that is, to go under the knife and go through all the necessary procedures and operations.
Let us recall that some time ago the appearance of 65-year-old Bruce Jenner began to change: Bruce grew long hair, made his face more feminine through cosmetic procedures and began to choose controversial outfits. Then the ex-athlete went further - he began to shave his legs and inserted implants into his chest. What do you think about Bruce Jenner's very imminent gender change?
Life after surgery
As Caitlyn (Bruce) Jenner stated, she was not immediately able to move away from her usual lifestyle. The abrupt transition of a male athlete to the life of a fragile and sexy woman was not easy for her. “Everything inside me changed gradually and slowly, I mentally began to consider myself not the stronger sex, but the weaker,” said Caitlin. She also had a hard time thinking about how her children would react to the changes. Fortunately, her sons and daughters supported her after the operation and tried not to focus on it, realizing that Caitlin was already having a hard time.
Her stepdaughter, Kim Kardashian, helped her in many changes, who said that in any situation you should look your best, because you never know where the annoying paparazzi are hiding.
Caitlyn Jenner: before and after surgery
The world-famous athletics star, the most beautiful athlete William Jenner suffered for many years in someone else's body. He was endowed with a divine body and perfect facial features, no one could even think that he hated all this.
Now William Bruce Jenner has ceased to exist, replaced by Caitlyn Jenner, who, at the age of sixty, finally became the person who should have been born a long time ago. She is happy, because in her life she was able to achieve fame and recognition and even have her own children.
Let's look at this person's whole life in more detail. What Caitlyn Jenner was like before, and what she became after the operation. When telling Caitlin’s story before her sex change, we will use the pronoun “he,” and in the period after the operation, we will use “she.”
"Woman of the Year"
In 2015, Caitlyn Jenner was awarded the Woman of the Year Award. After the award ceremony, the ceremony ended in a mass of indignation. Many were inclined to believe that the famous Glamor magazine pursued other goals - to create a huge scandal and resonance. It is worth saying that this event is still gaining momentum.
It recently became known that the husband of the same policewoman who died saving people on September 11 refused the “Woman of the Year” award, which was awarded to his wife posthumously. The man noted that he does not want his heroine wife to stand on the same level as transgender Caitlyn Jenner.
The baton of protest was taken up by actress Rose McGowan, who announced that she was also refusing the award. She wrote an open letter in which she said that she did not agree with what Caitlin said at the awards ceremony. Jenner then said that the most difficult thing about being a woman is choosing a dress. The public was indignant at this joke.
As it became known, Caitlyn Jenner plans to release a personalized line of cosmetic products. This will include everything for body, nails and face care.
Well, let's wish her good luck!
Transgender Caitlyn Jenner jumped out of a political ambush
What do we know about the Republican candidate for California governor - yesterday's male athlete, today's passionate woman?
People in the United States have been waiting for this day for more than a year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finally allowing those who are fully vaccinated not to wear masks outside. But in the most liberal states like New York and California, governors decided that they were smarter than doctors and demanded that masks be put back on.
A mask dedicated to the Californian governor and Fox News host Sean Hannety was also presented by Caitlyn Jenner, a transgender woman and celebrity, during an interview.
More than one and a half million signatures have already been collected for the early resignation of the governor, who, according to Californians, has failed in the fight against Covid. Malibu resident Jenner is one of those who wants to take his place, jumping out of ambush in a familiar pattern.
“What I like about Donald Trump is that he broke the rules. He came and shook up the whole system,” Caitlin noted.
To those who were younger, she (then still under the name Bruce) was known as the stepfather of Kim Kardashian, a character in a reality show about a star family. Jenner came out after her divorce from Kris, Kim’s mother.
In the late 70s, many girls dreamed of dating the pumped-up champion from a cereal commercial. Well, our fans with experience as an athlete remember Bruce Jenner from the Olympics in Montreal. In 1976, he took the world record from the Soviet athlete Nikolai Avilov.
Jenner was a decathlete. Decathlon - perhaps the most labor-intensive discipline - includes competitions in 10 types at once. There is running, and long jump, and discus throwing, and shot put. You need to combine the incompatible: explosive qualities and endurance.
In politics, Jenner speaks in a similar style, which is new for America. On all social issues she is a liberal. But not when it comes to transgender sports.
“I think we need to ensure the integrity of women's sport. Everything here is much more complicated than for men. As a transgender woman, I believe that role models are extremely important for young people,” Caitlin said.
Republicans think so too. Jenner shares their views on illegal migration (she is in favor of completing the border wall), and on supporting the police, and on the rampant BLM, and on the homeless crisis.
“18 thousand companies have already closed their offices here. Even my friends are leaving here. My neighbor packed up his things and said he was moving to Arizona because he couldn't stand seeing homeless people everywhere anymore. But I don't want to leave. “I will stay and fight,” Jenner said.
For this she instantly got it. From pro-democracy-minded people.
“Oh, these homeless people! You cannot go around them or fly over them. Is it considered transphobic to call a trans person an ignorant idiot? Or by calling him an ignorant idiot, are we showing that we do not discriminate against ignorant idiots?” - says Jimmy Kimmel, TV presenter.
Jenner will discuss the prospects Kimmel invited Schwarzenegger, a former political outsider, to visit. However, he was not the first to pave the way from Hollywood to governor of California. Reagan was the first. Ronald, not Arnold.
“When I ran for this post, there were 150 other candidates besides me. And it doesn't really matter whether it's Caitlin or someone else, what matters is what this person proposes, what changes they strive for, and why they want to become governor. Journalists will definitely get to the bottom of the truth. Caitlin, I think, will also have at least 100 rivals. Therefore, the strongest will win,” Schwarzenegger said.
That is, to win in California, you need to be not just iron - you need to be Teflon, be able to take a punch. And Jenner is not doing very well with this. Among Republicans, only 13% of voters support her. Much more popular are former San Diego Mayor Kevin Falconer or businessman John Cox, who travels around the state with a tame bear under the slogan “Meet the Beast.” Both, by the way, perform without masks.
