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'''Kurt Angle''', born 9 December 1968, is a retired [[American]] [[sports entertainer]] who previously performed for [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] as well as for [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]. | '''Kurt Angle''', born 9 December 1968, is a retired [[American]] [[sports entertainer]] who previously performed for [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] as well as for [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]. | ||
| − | He was a highly decorated collegiate wrestler, twice winning the NCAA Division I individual wrestling championship, as well as a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.<ref>http://prowrestling.about.com/od/wwesmackdownwrestlers/p/kurtangle.htm</ref> | + | He was a highly decorated collegiate wrestler, twice winning the NCAA Division I individual wrestling championship, as well as a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.<ref>http://prowrestling.about.com/od/wwesmackdownwrestlers/p/kurtangle.htm</ref> During his professional career it would be regularly repeated that he won the medal "with a broken neck!" which was only partially true: he had legitimately suffered a neck injury but by the Olympics it had healed. |
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Latest revision as of 23:13, August 5, 2024
Kurt Angle, born 9 December 1968, is a retired American sports entertainer who previously performed for World Wrestling Entertainment as well as for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
He was a highly decorated collegiate wrestler, twice winning the NCAA Division I individual wrestling championship, as well as a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.[1] During his professional career it would be regularly repeated that he won the medal "with a broken neck!" which was only partially true: he had legitimately suffered a neck injury but by the Olympics it had healed.