Caitlyn Marie Jenner, born William Bruce Jenner on October 28, 1949, is an American media personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete. She played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before a knee injury led her to the decathlon. Jenner competed in the decathlon for six years, culminating in her victory at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where she won the men's decathlon event, set a third successive world record, and gained fame as "an all-American hero.