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# Bruce Jenner Was 'The World's Greatest Athlete'

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## Lily Rothman


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Sep 23, 2014 6:45 PM UTC

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From the Aug. 9, 1976, issue of TIME

From the Aug. 9, 1976, issue of TIME TIME

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## Lily Rothman


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Sep 23, 2014 6:45 PM UTC

Kris Jenner, matriarch of the Kardashian clan, has [officially filed for divorce ](http://www.people.com/article/kris-jenner-files-for-divorce-bruce-jenner)from husband Bruce Jenner, after decades of marriage and about a year of [separation](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/08/kris-and-bruce-jenner-are-officially-separated/).

But don’t be too sad for the _Keeping Up with the Kardashians_ stars: she’s got her momager empire to keep her busy, and he’s got his Olympic memories. Though she’s a much bigger presence in the reality-television world for which they’re best known these days, we would like to take this opportunity to remind readers that he was a celebrity first — and not just a celebrity. In the Aug. 9, 1976, issue of TIME, the Olympic athlete was lauded as the greatest sportsman on Earth:

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Jenner and his wife Chrystie separated in 1979.

**_Read more about Bruce Jenner’s Olympic glory here, in TIME’s archives:_** [The Decathlon: Ten Tests for Two](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,914363,00.html)

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