Kurt Angle
American wrestler (born 1968)
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- Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler and amateur wrestler.
- Angle won numerous accolades while at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, including being a two-time NCAA Division I Wrestling Champion in the Heavyweight division.
- He is one of four people to win the Junior Nationals, NCAA, World Championships, and the Olympics.
- In 2016, he was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame.
Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler and amateur wrestler. Currently, he is a sports analyst for Real American Freestyle. He first earned recognition for winning a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics despite competing with a broken neck, and achieved wider fame and recognition for his tenures in WWE between 1998 to 2006, and 2017 to 2019 and in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) between 2007 to 2016.
Angle won numerous accolades while at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, including being a two-time NCAA Division I Wrestling Champion in the Heavyweight division. After graduating, he won gold medals in freestyle wrestling at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships and 1996 Summer Olympics. He is one of four people to win the Junior Nationals, NCAA, World Championships, and the Olympics. In 2006, he was named by USA Wrestling as the greatest shoot wrestler of all time and as one of USA Wrestling's top 15 college wrestlers of all time. In 2016, he was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame.
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