Robbie Knievel

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Robert Edward Knievel, popularly known as Robbie Knievel, is an American stunt performer

May 7, 1962

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: May 7, 1962
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Daredevil, Miscellaneous
  • City/State: Montana
  • Siblings: Alicia Knievel, Emma Knievel, Kelly Knievel, Tracey Knievel
  • Known as: Robert Edward Robbie Knievel III
  • Childrens: Krysten Knievel

Robbie Knievel born at

Butte, Montana, United States

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Birth Place

Robbie Knievel was in a relationship with American actress Jenny McShane. He is the father of actress Krysten Knievel, who had appeared in the series, ‘Knievel's Wild Ride’.

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Personal Life

Robbie Knievel was born on May 7, 1962 in Butte, Montana, USA. He was raisedby his mother Linda Knievel and his father Evel Knievel, one of the most famous stunt performers.Robbie grew up along with his siblings – Kelly Knievel, Alicia Knievel, Emma Knievel and Tracy Knievel.

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Childhood & Early Life

Robbie grew up seeing his father perform stunts on motorcycles. He was just 2 years old whenhefirst rode pillion on the streets of his hometown. He usually rode with his father, and would sit on the handlebar or on his father's lap while his father performed wheelies.

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Childhood & Early Life

His first job was at a mine where he drove an earth mover. He was fired from the job after he crashed the massive vehicleinto the power lineswhileattempting a wheelie with one of the earth movers, depriving theentire cityof electricity.

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Childhood & Early Life

Robbie commenced his bike stunt career at the age of eight when he performed at the Madison Square, along with his older brother, Kelly.

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Career

In 1968, he was hospitalized with a crushed femur and pelvis and numerous other fractures after attempting a risky stunt. In 1974, he joined his father in a performance at Toronto’s Exposition. He then started traveling a lot with his father and performed some relatively safe stunts under his father’s supervision.

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Career

During the early 80s, Robbie decided to start performing on his own. He wanted to break almost every record held by his father. However, Robbie didn’t succeed in breaking all the records, and in the process had some major injuries as well. But that didn’t stop him as he would get ready for the next performance after recovering from his surgeries. Many of his performances have been aired on television.

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Career

Robbie has now stopped performing as doctors have warned him against the daredevil stunts, for he has undergone numerous surgeries. Hence, Robbie hasventured into entrepreneurship by setting up a company named Knievel Motorcycle Manufacturing Inc., which produces customized motorcycles, safety gears and some of Robbie’s line of clothing.

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Career

On April 14, 1989, Robbie paid a tribute to his father by jumping over the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. 22 years back, his father had attempted the same stunt but unfortunately, he had failed to pull it off. But Robbie nailed it as he had a smooth and successful landing. He became the first daredevil to successfully jump over the famous fountains.

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The Tribute To His Father