Dinner With Gold Medalist

Redding hosted 1976 Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner for the annual Celebrity Auction and Dinner at Win River Casino on March 18th.

This event is used to fund the Shasta College Athletics Department.

The auction proceeds are “still being tabulated” according to Dean of Physical Education & Athletics,
Gary Houser.

Jenner is also known for his family’s television series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.”

Doors to the Win River conference room opened at 5:30pm and dinner started at 8:00pm.

The five-star, delectable dish consisted of boneless chicken, garlic mashed potatoes, steamed asparagus, wine, cranberry juice, house salad, and topped off with a chocolate mousse cup.

Prior to dinner and ending just before Jenner began his keynote speech was a silent auction of various sports memorabilia such as a Raiders helmet signed by the entire team, jerseys from every sport, vintage and rookie card collections and more.

Jenner talked about how he got involved in sports and then to Nationals and finally setting world records in the Olympic games until retiring in 1976 setting the world record for the decathlon with a total of 8,617 points.

He has since worked as a motivational and inspirational speaker assisting in giving people hope to achieve their goals and dreams.

His personal push is to never give up and to never settle for less than his best and he passes that saying on to others.
The 1976 Montreal Olympics set the tone for the rest of Jenner’s life.
The blond, toned, 6-foot-2 Nikolai Avilov (world record holder for the 1972 Olympics from the Soviet Union) was thought by many impossible to beat.
Jenner was in third place and only 17 points behind his Avilov on the first day.
The vast majority of Jenner’s best events were scheduled for the second day at which point jenner knew he could pull off the win.
"If I am within 150 points of the leader after five events, I’ll run away with it."
On July 30, 1976, the five events went exactly as expected.
He excelled in the 110-meter hurdles, set a personal record in the pole vault, threw the discus and the javelin soundly and sprinted the last 300 meters of the 1,500-meter event to secure the win.
Jenner then took a victory lap with the American flag before finding his wife Chrystie for a victory kiss.
Avilov finished third, at almost 300 points behind the new reigning champion.
After his win, Jenner got pleasure from the unofficial title of "world’s greatest athlete" and appeared in various movies, T.V. shows, and as the poster boy of Wheaties®.
Bruce Jenner’s Tricks to Success

“Gamble, cheat, lie, and steal!”

Gamble - Gamble your best shot in life. Dare to take risks. Life is full of them.

Cheat - Cheat those by never being less than you are.
Surround yourself with positive people.

Lie - Lie in the arms of those you love because all we have is one another.
Never take what love you have for granted

Steal - Steal only love and happiness. Live each day like it is your last, because you never know when that day will come.