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WWE legend Kurt Angle won Olympic gold with a broken neck the same year his coach was murdered

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Kurt Angle says winning gold at the 1996 Olympics defines him. He had a rocky road to greatness with his first major setback coming at the age of 16 when his father tragically died. Six months prior to the Olympics, Angle came down hard on his head. This resulted in two bulged and herniated disks, two cracked vertebrae and four pulled muscles in his neck.

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WWE legend Kurt Angle won Olympic gold with a broken neck the same year his coach was murdered

The fame of Kurt Angle is largely associated with his accomplishments in WWE, but the peak of his success came at the 1996 Olympics.You might say ‘oh, wrestling is fake’ – and you’d be wrong, because it’s scripted – but when Angle said he won a gold medal with a ‘broken freaking neck’ he was telling the absolute truth.Angle and Vince McMahon back in 2001As the 1996 Atlanta Games approached, Angle had to overcome a lot to achieve what he’d always…

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Kurt Angle Reflects On Winning His Olympic Gold Medal With A Broken Neck

Kurt Angle discussed winning his Olympic gold medal with a broken neck in 1996 during a recent episode of The Kurt Angle Show. Here is what he had to say: “The next day when I realized I had a broken neck, I went to the doctor and had an MRI.

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WWE legend Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal with a broken neck the same year his coach was murdered and he tried to win again at London 2012 - Indiansports11

The fame of Kurt Angle is largely associated with his accomplishments in WWE, but the peak of his success came at the 1996 Olympics.

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WWE legend Kurt Angle won Olympic gold with a broken neck the same year his coach was murdered

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WWE legend Kurt Angle won Olympic gold with a broken neck the same year his coach was murdered

WWE legend Kurt Angle won Olympic gold with a broken neck the same year his coach was murdered

Kurt Angle Reflects On Winning His Olympic Gold Medal With A Broken Neck

Kurt Angle Reflects On Winning His Olympic Gold Medal With A Broken Neck

WWE legend Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal with a broken neck the same year his coach was murdered and he tried to win again at London 2012 - Indiansports11

WWE legend Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal with a broken neck the same year his coach was murdered and he tried to win again at London 2012 - Indiansports11

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