About
American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete. She achieved national acclaim by winning the decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, setting a world record, before starring in the long-running reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Before Fame
Attended Graceland College on a football scholarship before an injury led her to focus on the decathlon, debuting at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games where she finished tenth.
Trivia
Awarded the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States in 1976, and received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs in 2015.
Family Life
Has six biological children: Burt and Cassandra with Chrystie Crownover; Brandon and Brody with Linda Thompson; and Kendall and Kylie Jenner with Kris Jenner.
Associated With
Starred on E!'s Keeping Up with the Kardashians with daughters Kendall and Kylie Jenner and stepdaughters Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé Kardashian.
