Caitlyn Jenner (born October 28, 1949, as Bruce Jenner) first became a global icon as an Olympic gold-medal-winning decathlete, setting a world record at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games after overcoming a knee injury that ended her college football career. Following her athletic triumph, she built a diverse career in television, film, and auto racing, and became widely known to a new generation through the reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians alongside her then-wife Kris Jenner and their blended family. In April 2015, she publicly came out as transgender, announced her new name in July, and starred in the documentary series I Am Cait, becoming one of the most famous transgender women in the world and a vocal, though sometimes controversial, activist for transgender rights. A member of the Republican Party, she entered politics in 2021 by running in the California gubernatorial recall election, finishing 13th with just 1% of the vote. Shortly after the election, she was hired by Fox News as an on-air contributor, adding a new chapter to her long and multifaceted public life.