Kurt Angle stands in the league of well known professional wrestlers who have also worked as actors. Since he was seven years old, he had been interested in and had started playing the violent sports. The strong wrestler played for several amateur games and held many Olympic awards before his professional career debut in October 1996. He is a WWE Hall of Famer and is regarded as one of the legendary figures in the ring sports.
Date of Birth: December 9, 1968
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
He is also a famous name for his association with alcohol and drug prescription. At the beginning of his career, all that mattered to Angle was his career and he felt it could bring him everything. The rude awakening happened when he saw all that his life had become, from a failed marriage to being a less-than average father to his kids to the effects his addictions were having on him. He gave life another chance and re-married and since then he has been a better version of himself. According to him, family did it! They gave him a new meaning to life and motivated him out of his childishness into the man he could be. Read on to see all about this family of his.
Kurt Angle parents
Dave Angle (father)
Year of Birth: 1930
Date of Death: August 29, 1984 (aged 54)
He was a crane operator who worked at construction sites. Dave died in an occupational accident when his son was only sixteen.
Jackie Angle (mother)
Date of Birth: January 7, 1943
Date of Death: February 6, 2015 (aged 81)
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Jackie was married to Dave until his death in 1984. After her husband passed on, she had to single-handedly raise six children on her own and according to Kurt, she did a great job. One thing she thought her son was the need to always take responsibility for every action and how to make the most out of life. Jackie passed away sadly in 2015 after a long but brave battle with cancer.
Kurt Angle siblings
Eric Angle (elder brother from same parents)
Date of Birth: August 8, 1967
Zodiac Sign: Leo
He is the immediate older brother to the Olympian and was also a professional wrestler. The first time we saw him in the rings was when he joined Kurt to help him retain his Championship against The Undertaker. His three active years were filed with one biceps injury or the other and during one rehabilitation period; he finally decided to quit the game. Now he has Elite Wrestling School and is a father
Le’Anne Angle (sister from same parents)
Date of Birth: October 22, 1959
Date of Death: September 15, 2003 (aged 43)
Zodiac Sign: Libra
There was just one Angle female child and she died in 2003 due to heroin overdose.
Mark Angle (brother from same parents)
Virtually nothing is known about him other than he is a brother to the famous wrestler.
Johnny Angle (brother from same parents)
Johnny is another Angle brother with his personal details kept private.
David Angle (brother from same parents)
Year of Birth: 1952
His name has been in the news a couple of times for his court case over his wife’s September 2015 death he had been arguing with his late wife Donna who was drunk with vodka. She tried to kick him but he pressed on her chest and puller her hands and the next thing, she became unconscious. After several failed attempts at reviving her, David called 911 and was later on charged with homicide.
He was finally sentenced to a jail term and his family members have been there for him ever since. The famous wrestler even mentioned once that ‘family would always be family in the good and bad times’.
Kurt Angle wife
Karen Jarrett (former spouse)
Duration of Marriage: 1998 – October 26, 2008 (10 years)
Date of Birth: October 12, 1972
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Former exotic dancer Karen is by herself a professional wrestler and is known for having being married to two popular wrestlers. She was first married to Angle for whom she had two kids and it was filled with several tabloid news from gist about the pro wrestler’s drug habit to the alleged fact that Kurt was emotionally abusive. They finalized their divorce in October 20008 and she moved on with another wrestler.
It was reported in 2009 that Karen had been romantically linked with TNA co-founder Jarrett while she was separated from Kurt but they did not become officially engaged until April 2010. She has been married to Jeff since August 21, 2010 but she has no child with him. Jeff Jarrett is the founder of GFW, one of the largest professional wrestling promotions in the United States.
Giovanna Angel (nee Yannotti) (spouse)
Duration of Marriage: July 20, 2012 till present
Date of Birth: March 26, 1987
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Angle’s next wife was an actress and stunt performer this time around and they currently have three kids together. They met while both lovers were on the set of the movie End Game (2009). Yannotti believes till date that their meeting was by fate as she was reluctant at first to be a part of the movie but eventually did as a favour to her best friend’s dad.
When she first saw, Kurt, all she thought was ‘who the hell was this handsome dude’. The former model had no idea that he was a legendary wrestler and was soon to be her husband and father of her kids. They started off as friends then lovers and eventually got engaged in 2011. The 18-years younger Giovanna was literally an unknown personality until her marriage to the pro wrestler made her famous. She is no longer an actor but a proud wife and mother to Kurt’s kids.
Kurt Angle 6 children
Kyra Angle (daughter with Karen Jarrett)
Date of Birth: December 2, 2002
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Kyra is the first child to the WWE superstar and according to him; she is incredibly mature for her age. She has been his ‘plus-one’ to quite a few events including when he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Kyra has an amazing personality and she is obviously very pretty. She seems to be interested in music as she has some song covers on her YouTube account.
Kody Angle (son with Karen Jarrett)
Date of Birth: October 26, 2006
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Kody is the next child to the famous angle and was also born to his first wife Karen. He has been to several of his father’s shows and is already a young wrestling protégé.
Giuliana Marie Angle (daughter with Giovanna Yannotti)
Date of Birth: January 22, 2011
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Giuliana or Squeaks as she is fondly called by her dad is the very girlie one. She is currently crazy about dance and is the charmingly cute kid.
Sophia Laine Angle (daughter with Giovanna Yannotti)
Date of Birth: December 31, 2012
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
She was born just a few months after her parents were married. When Sophia was three, she attended her first wrestling class. It looks like the proud daddy is preparing to launch his princess in to the athletic world and she’s pretty badass in her classes. As much as Laine seems to be interested in the sports, Kurt joked that his wife would kill him if he turns their daughter into another pro wrestler.
Nikoletta Sky Angle (daughter with Giovanna Yannotti)
Date of Birth: November 5, 2016
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
She is the last child to the athletic star making him an excited father to five kids.
Joseph Angle (adopted son)
In 2019 Kurt and his wife adopted a 16-years boy from Bulgaria. In January 2020 he became the USA citizen.
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