Bruce Jenner Success Story

Not being good at studies doesn’t mean that you are good at nothing; rather you only need to discover your talent and make a life worth an inspiration for others to follow. Bruce Jenner, one among the most adored athletes during the era of the 1970s has struggled through his life’s complications and stood against all odds. Jenner had been diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age, which made him lead a struggling school life. However, his excellence in sports earned him a prestigious recognition in life as he did extremely well in basketball, skiing, football and track.

Early Life

Bruce was awarded a football scholarship, using which he pursued his studies at Graceland College, Lowa. Unfortunately, a knee injury forced him to stay out of the game, but he made a shift to track & field with his sportsman spirit. He was mentored by L.D. Weldon, track coach at his college, who convinced him to start training for Olympic decathlon.

Beginning

Jenner decided to participate in the trials of the decathlon US Olympics in 1972, where he grabbed 5^th place with a 19-second gap. Jenner ran in the 1500 meters with a historic lap and overtook his rivals with a 22-second gap, making a place in the Olympic team with 3^rd position. In the real match of the 1972 Summer Olympics, Bruce finished in 10^th place. After this, Jenner pushed himself into an intense training regimen and achieved success 4 years later when he won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in 1976 at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. During the same, he also created a world record of 8634 points, which remained at the top until gold medalist Dan O’Brien broke in 1991.

" If you’re stuck and you don’t know how to rise, don’t look outside yourself. Look inside.” - William Bruce Jenner

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