Bruce Jenner

I just saw Bruce Jenner on the Today show this morning.  Talk about a guy who has had an interesting life.  A self-made multi-millionaire, a gold medal winner, a former grand prix auto racer, a motivational speaker, and father now of six children as well as stepfather to four more, Jenner's life is never dull.

Remember the 1976 Olympics and Bruce Jenner winning the declathlon?  I think his win was the first drama that galvanized my love for athlethic achievement and the Olympics in general.

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.

During that period he spent 8 hours a day at the San Jose City College track. His presence in the San Jose area was part of what made San Jose a hotbed for training elite athletes in the era. In 1974 and 1976, he was the American champion in the event,^[1].
He won a gold medal in the Decathlon 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, the Connecticut Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and the United States National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1980.
In that time, Olympic athletes were considered amateur and were absolutely not allowed to seek or accept payment for their position as a sports celebrity.
In 1972, three Olympic titles (Basketball, 100 meters, and Decathlon), which many Americans considered to be their birthright, were won by Soviet athletes during the Cold War.
Winning back the Decathlon title made Jenner an individual national hero. After his Olympic success, Jenner set out to cash in on his celebrity (requiring him to give up any future athletic endeavors).
Quickly after the Olympics, 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.
His first marriage to Chrystie Crownover (15 December 1972 - 2 January 1980) produced two children, daughter Casey Jenner (b. June 10, 1980) and first son Burt Jenner (b. September 9, 1978).^[9][10] His other sons, Brandon (b. June 4, 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.

 

Bruce and Kris Jenner
Jenner is currently married to Kris (née Houghton, who was previously married to Robert Kardashian)
(Kardasian was one of the attorneys who defended O.J. Simpson.  He died a few years ago of esophageal cancer.)
Jenner now 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 with stepdaughters Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Khardasian

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Jenner