Kurt Angle
American professional wrestler and 1996 Olympic gold medalist
Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968), is a retired American professional wrestler signed to WWE, where he is a backstage producer.
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| Birth name | Kurt Steven Angle[1] |
| Born | December 9, 1968 Mt. Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Lives in | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Karen Smedley (m. 1998; div. 2008) Giovanna Yannotti (m. 2012) |
| Children | 6 |
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| Ring name(s) | Kurt Angle[2] |
| Billed height | 185 cm (6ft1)[2] |
| Billed from | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Trained by | Dory Funk Jr. Tom Prichard |
| Debut | August 20, 1998 |
| Retired | April 7, 2019 |
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In 2006 he signed a contract to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he is a former TNA World Champion. His TNA contract expired in September 2014.
Angle won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, winning with a broken neck. He is the only Olympic gold medalist in professional wrestling history. He wrestled for the WWE and WWF from 1998 to 2006 .
Angle returned to WWE on April 3, 2017, as the general manager of Raw. He wrestled on occasions.
Angle retired on April 7, 2019.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Kurt Angle Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. April 17, 2020. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Kurt Angle". WWE. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
Other websitesEdit
Media related to Kurt Angle at Wikimedia Commons
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