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On July 30, 1976, the decathletes competing in the

Montreal Games

faced the second and last day of their grueling exercise.

Bruce Jenner

, world record holder (8,538 points) from the previous month in the

Olympic selection

trials

, was in third position. He was separated by 35 points from Federal German

Guido Kratschmer

and 17 from Soviet (Ukrainian

) Mykola Avilov

, champion four years earlier in Munich. But the modalities of the second day favored him and he was persuaded of his triumph.

He was not wrong. When the competition concluded, she was a gold medalist and had improved her own universal primacy, leaving it at 8,618 points. He was, without a doubt, the most complete athlete in the world. He had done 10.94 in the 100 meters; 7.22 in the long jump; 15.35 in the shot put; 2.03 in the high jump; 47.51 in the 400 meters; 14.84 in the 110 meter hurdles; 50.04 at discus throw; 4.80 in the pole vault; 68.52 in the javelin throw and 4: 12.61 in the 1,500 meters.

Born in Tarrytown (New York), Jenner, 26 years old, 1.88 tall and 88 kilos of weight, became a celebrity. To his sporting quality he added a physical goodness that recommended him for other purposes. It was quickly required and highly paid by the television industry. And his emotional life began to change at full speed and in various directions. He had married

Christie Crownover

in 1972

. He would separate in 1981 to marry

Linda Thompson

,

Elvis Presley's

former girlfriend

. They divorced in 1984.

In 1991, he married again, this time to

Kris Kardashian

(born Houghton), who in turn was separated from the lawyer and businessman of Armenian origin

Robert Kardashian

, in what would mean another, especially striking, turn in his relationship with the entertainment business. Jenner had two daughters with her (increasing her natural offspring to six, after the two she conceived with each of her previous wives). And, in addition, he adopted the three that Kris contributed. And those were ... "the Kardashians":

Kourtney, Kim and Klohé

, plus a boy: Rob.

But lo and behold, in all this sentimental bustle, Bruce, that handsome man was actually ... a woman. Or as such he felt, because in 2015 he finished changing his sex since in 2007 he decided to start the entire hormonal and surgical process. Today her name is Caitlyn. In 2014 he had separated from Kris.

He continues to be a television celebrity as a full-fledged member of the "Kardashian clan", with all of their children mixed together forming part of "a unit of destiny in the family."

Caitlyn, a transgender activist, wants to make a political career with the Republican Party and is running for the California recall elections.

A special election to nullify (or not, it will be seen) the mandate of Governor

Gavin Newson

and that will take place on September 14.

An unconventional existence that of Bruce-Caitlyn Jenner.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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