Caitlyn Jenner Struggled With Her Identity During 1976 Olympics
Caitlyn Jenner does not shy away when it comes to speaking out about her past as Olympic champion, Bruce Jenner, and the star recently revealed that she was struggling with her identity during the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, a time when she was celebrated for her Olympic achievements.
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Jenner, who came out as transgender in 2015, is featured in the upcoming Netflix doc, “Untold” which details the star winning a gold medal in the men’s decathlon while struggling with her identity and who she was. Untold focuses on telling sports stars stories beyond the media headlines.
“I spent my entire life hiding. I didn’t want people to know me and know who I was,” says Jenner in a new trailer snippet. “I was an Olympic champion, the greatest athlete in the world. But I was still the same old person with all the same old issues.”
“After setting a new world record and winning gold in Montreal, Jenner’s image became the standard for athletic excellence and propelled her into immediate American superstardom,” writes Netflix’s synopsis of “Untold: Caitlyn Jenner.
“The athletic feat she craved and celebrity image she crafted, however, also became the main deterrents from embracing her identity as she knew it,” the synopsis adds. “Told with an extraordinary collection of never-before-seen archival footage, including reels of newly discovered Olympic footage and home videos from the Jenner family, Jenner traces her life with new insight from winning gold to making the decision to transition to her relationship with her children — Jenner is clear-eyed about who she was and who she is.”