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Bruce Jenner

Bruce JennerAKA William Bruce Jenner

Born: 28-Oct-1949
Birthplace: Mount Kisco, NY

Gender: Transgender
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Track and Field
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Olympic track and field star

Won a Gold Medal for the decathlon at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, and was frequently called "the world's greatest athlete" at that time. He later worked as an actor, including a featured role in the disco musical Can't Stop the Music with The Village People and semi-regular appearances on CHiPs. Married the ex-wife of Robert Kardashian, making Jenner the stepfather of insipid super-celebrity sisters Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé Kardashian.

More recently, Jenner has made headlines by publicly transitioning to become a woman, and legally changed her name to Caitlyn Marie Jenner.

Father: William Jenner (arborist, b. 7-Feb-1923, d. 28-Dec-2000)
Mother: Esther McGuire Jenner
Sister: Pamela Jenner
Brother: Harold Jenner
Sister: Lisa Diane Guerra
Girlfriend: Michelle Williams-Rosenthal (high school sweetheart)
Wife: Chrystie Scott Crownover (stewardess, m. 1972, div. 1979)
Wife: Linda Thompson (actress, m. 5-Jan-1981, div. 1983, two sons)
Son: Brandon Jenner (b. 4-Jun-1981)
Son: Brody Jenner (b. 21-Aug-1983)
Wife: Kris Jenner (m. 21-Apr-1991, sep. 2014, div. 2015, two daughters)
Daughter: Kendall Jenner (model, b. 1-Nov-1995)
Daughter: Kylie Jenner (b. 10-Aug-1997)
Daughter: Kourtney Kardashian (stepdaughter, socialite, b. 18-Apr-1979)
Daughter: Kim Kardashian (stepdaughter, socialite, b. 21-Oct-1980)
Daughter: Khloé Kardashian (stepdaughter, socialite, b. 27-Jun-1984)
Son: Robert Arthur Kardashian (stepson, b. 17-Mar-1987)

    High School: Newtown High School, Newtown, CT (1967)
    University: Graceland College, Lamoni, IA

    President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
    Special Olympics
 
    Endorsement of Coca-Cola
    Endorsement of Ford Motors
    Endorsement of General Mills (Wheaties)
    Endorsement of Minolta 1980
 
    Sullivan Award 1976
    Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male) 1976
    US Olympic Hall of Fame 1986
    Olympic Gold Medal Decathlon (1976)
    Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame 1994
 
    Rhinoplasty
    Changed Name to Caitlyn Marie Jenner (25-Sep-2015)
    Risk Factors: Dyslexia, Smoking

    TELEVISION
    Keeping Up with the Kardashians Self (2007-)
    CHiPs Officer Steve McLeish (1981-82)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Hungover Games (11-Feb-2014)
    Jack and Jill (11-Nov-2011) · Himself
    Gym Teacher: The Movie (12-Sep-2008) · Himself
    The Big Tease (26-Nov-1999) · Himself
    A Man Called Sarge (2-Feb-1990) · Himself
    Grambling's White Tiger (4-Oct-1981)
    Can't Stop the Music (20-Jun-1980)

Official Website:
http://www.brucejenner.com/

Author of books:
Decathlon Challenge: Bruce Jenner's Story (1977, memoir)
The Olympics and Me (1980, memoir)


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