William Bruce Jenner (born October 28, 1949) is a former U.S. track and field athlete, motivational speaker, socialite and television personality. He won the gold medal for decathlon in the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics. Following his Olympic victory and the related recognition, his professional career evolved into being a television celebrity. By 1981 he had starred in several made-for-TV movies and was Erik Estrada's replacement on the top rated TV series CHiPs. Since the 2007 debut of Keeping Up with the Kardashians he has appeared as the step-father of the Kardashian sisters. Bruce Jenner is originally from Mount Kisco, New York. He attended Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut, after spending a year at Sleepy Hollow High School in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Jenner earned a football scholarship and attended Graceland College (now Graceland University) in Iowa, but a knee injury forced him to stop playing football and he switched to the decathlon. He was mentored by Graceland's track coach L. D. Weldon, who was the first to recognize Jenner's potential and encouraged him to pursue the decathlon. Jenner debuted in the decathlon at the Drake Relays in 1970, placing
Here's Kim Kardashian's step-dad Bruce Jenner at The George Lopez Celebrity Golf Classic in Toluca Lake on Monday (left) -- and Coach Beiste aka Dot-Marie Jones from "Glee" (right).Both are… READ MORE >
Time to divvy up the Kardashians' new $40 million deal -- and there's plenty of cash to go around ... as long as your name isn't Lamar or Scott. Check out TMZ on TV -- click here to see your local… READ MORE >
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