Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American (United States) professional wrestler (professional wrestling), actor and 1996 Olympic (Olympic Games) gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a former four-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion (TNA World Heavyweight Championship), and recognized by the promotion as a 12-time World Champion.

Angle was involved in amateur wrestling during both high school and college. In college at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, he won numerous accolades, including being a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I champion. After graduating, he won the 1995 World Championship tournament. Angle then competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia (Atlanta), where he won a gold medal in heavyweight freestyle wrestling.

Initially turning down an offer to join the World Wrestling Federation (World Wrestling Entertainment) (WWF), Angle signed a multi-year contract with the company in 1998. His first big push (push (professional wrestling)) in the company was in February 2000, when he held both the WWF European Championship (WWE European Championship) and the WWF Intercontinental Championship (WWE Intercontinental Championship). Not long after, Angle began pursuing the WWF Championship (WWE Championship). He continued to be a part of main event matches until August 2006, when Angle was granted a release from his contract. Throughout his tenure in the company, he was a 6-time world champion (World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)) (four-time WWF/E Champion (WWE Championship), World Heavyweight Champion (World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)) and WCW Champion (WCW World Heavyweight Championship)), WCW United States Champion (WWE United States Championship), WWF Intercontinental Champion, WWF European Champion, WWF Hardcore Champion (WWE Hardcore Championship) and WWE Tag Team Champion (WWE Tag Team Championship) (with Chris Benoit). In addition, he was the winner of the King of the Ring (King of the Ring#2000) tournament in 2000, the tenth Triple Crown Champion (Triple Crown Championship#List of WWE Triple Crown Champions), and the fifth Grand Slam Champion (Grand Slam Championship#World Wrestling Entertainment).

After leaving WWE, Angle joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he became the second wrestler in TNA to win TNAs Triple Crown (Triple Crown Championship#List of TNA Triple Crown Champions) and the first man to hold all three TNA championships simultaneously. While in TNA, his real-life wife Karen (Karen Angle) began accompanying him to the ring and playing a part in his on-screen storylines. Angle has also made appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling as well as Inoki Genome Federation, where he held their version of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (Inoki Genome Federation). In addition, he is a three-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion (TNA World Heavyweight Championship). He is also the 2007 and 2009 King of the Mountain (King of the Mountain match) winner at Slammiversary.