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| '''William Bruce Jenner''' (born ], ] in ]) is a ] track athlete. | |||
| '''Bruce Jenner''' (born ], ]) is a ] track athlete. He won a gold medal in the ] ] in ]. He is widely known to have stuggled with dyslexia. He earned a football scholarship and attended college at Graceland College (now ]), but a knee injury forced him to stop playing football and switch to the decathlon. After he retired from sports he had a successful career as a motivational speaker. | |||
| He good high school athlete, Bruce Jenner earned a ] scholarship and attended Graceland College (now ]) but a knee injury forced him to stop playing football and switch to the ]. He became an American champion in the event and won a gold medal at the ]. | |||
| He is widely known to have stuggled with ] and after retiring from sports, he built a successful career as a motivational speaker. In addition, he has acted in a number of telervision shows and motion pictures. | |||
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William Bruce Jenner (born December 28, 1949 in Mount Kisco, New York) is a U.S. track athlete.
He good high school athlete, Bruce Jenner earned a football scholarship and attended Graceland College (now Graceland University) but a knee injury forced him to stop playing football and switch to the decathlon. He became an American champion in the event and won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
He is widely known to have stuggled with dyslexia and after retiring from sports, he built a successful career as a motivational speaker. In addition, he has acted in a number of telervision shows and motion pictures.
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