Michael Macchiavello

Last updated

Michael Macchiavello
Personal information
Born (1994-12-24) December 24, 1994 (age 29)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Home town Monroe, North Carolina, U.S.
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle and Folkstyle
College team NC State
ClubLehigh Valley Wrestling Club Club/RTC
Titan Mercury Wrestling Club
TeamUSA
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Buenos Aires 92 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Nice 97 kg
Poland Open (Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Warsaw 92 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Ruse 92 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the NC State Wolfpack
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Cleveland 197 lb
ACC Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 Raleigh184 lb
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Chapel Hill197 lb

Michael Justin Macchiavello (born December 24, 1994) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler. During his collegiate career at NC State, Macchiavello won the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling title at 197-pounds. Following college, he would continue wrestling on the senior level freestyle circuit. Macchiavello formally competed for the Wolfpack Wrestling Club in Raleigh, North Carolina and now competes for the Leigh Valley Wrestling Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. [1]

Contents

High school career

Macchiavello attended Sun Valley High School in Monroe, North Carolina. He was the 2013 North Carolina 4A 182-pound wrestling state champion. He placed third at the 2012 state championships at 182-pounds and was also a two-time placer at FloNationals. [2]

College career

During his collegiate career at NC State, he finished second at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championships twice and would go on to become the 197-pound national champion at the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio. He was 11–14 as a freshman and 9–8 as a sophomore. He would redshirt for a season and returned his redshirt junior year with a 26–8 record and was the 10th seed at 184-pounds at the 2017 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, where he finished one win shy of All-American honors. His redshirt senior year he moved up to 197-pounds, where he went 22–3, becoming an All-American and NCAA champion. [3]

Freestyle wrestling career

Macchiavello won the 2018 U23 United States World Team Trails at 92 kg, which qualified him for the 2018 U23 World Championships held in Romania. [4] In 2019, he made his first USA National Team on the senior level. During 2019, he finished second at the 2019 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament and third at the 2019 US Open at 92 kg. [5]

He would win his first Pan American Wrestling Championship and also the US Open Championship in 2023 at 92 kg. [6] [7] Macchiavello's US Open Championship would qualify him for the 2023 Final X at 92 kg, where he dropped two matches in a best two out of three series to Zahid Valencia, in the wrestle-offs for the USA 92 kg spot at the 2023 World Championships. [8]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NC State Wolfpack</span> Intercollegiate sports teams of North Carolina State University

The NC State Wolfpack is the nickname of the athletic teams representing North Carolina State University. The Wolfpack competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for all sports since the 1953–54 season. The athletic teams of the Wolfpack compete in 22 intercollegiate varsity sports. NC State is a founding member of the ACC and has won eleven national championships: five NCAA championships, two AIAW championships, and four titles under other sanctioning bodies. Most NC State fans and athletes recognize the rivalry with the North Carolina Tar Heels as their biggest.

Brent Metcalf is an American former freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. Metcalf was a three-time member of the US World Team and two-time NCAA wrestling champion at the University of Iowa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kyle Snyder (wrestler)</span> American freestyle wrestler (born 1995)

Kyle Frederick Snyder is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms. He holds the distinctions of being the youngest Olympic Gold medalist and the youngest World Champion in American wrestling history.

The Penn State Nittany Lions wrestling program is an intercollegiate varsity sport at Pennsylvania State University. The wrestling team is a competing member of the Big Ten Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Nittany Lions compete at Rec Hall in State College, Pennsylvania, on the campus of Pennsylvania State University. The Nittany Lions have claimed 13 team National Championship titles and 55 individual NCAA National Championship titles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">J'den Cox</span> American wrestler (born 1995)

J'den Michael Tbory Cox is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 92 kilograms. In freestyle, Cox is a two-time World Champion at 92 kilos, and while competing at 86 kilos, he claimed a bronze medal from the 2016 Summer Olympics and a 2017 World Championship bronze medal. During college, Cox wrestled for the Missouri Tigers, and was a three-time NCAA Division I national champion and four-time Mid-American Conference champion, becoming one of the most accomplished Tigers in the program's history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daton Fix</span> American wrestler (born 1998)

Daton Duain Fix is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 61 kilograms. In freestyle, Fix is most notably a World Championship runner-up and U20 World champion, a Pan American Games gold medalist and a US National champion.

Kyven Ross Gadson is an American amateur wrestler. Currently a senior competitor in amateur freestyle wrestling, earlier Gadson, while wrestling for the Iowa State Cyclones, was a three-time All-American in NCAA Division I collegiate wrestling and won the 2015 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in the 197-lb weight class by pinning future Olympic and World Championship gold medalist Kyle Snyder in his final collegiate match.

Stevan Andrija Mićić is a Serbian-American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms. He won a gold medal at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. He is the first wrestler representing Serbia to win a medal in men's freestyle wrestling at the World Wrestling Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yianni Diakomihalis</span> American wrestler (born 1999)

John Michael "Yianni" Diakomihalis is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 65 kilograms and 149 pounds. In freestyle, he is the 2022 World silver medalist, a two-time US World Team member, the 2020 Pan American champion, the 2019 US Open national champion, and a two-time age-group World champion. As a collegiate wrestler, Diakomihalis was a four-time NCAA Division I champion and four-time EIWA champion out of Cornell University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bo Nickal</span> American wrestler and mixed martial artist (born 1996)

Bo Dean Nickal is an American professional mixed martial artist, former freestyle and graduated folkstyle wrestler who currently competes in the UFC middleweight division. In freestyle wrestling, he claimed the 2019 U23 World Championship and the US Open national championship, and was a finalist at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials and a Final X contestant in 2019. As a collegiate wrestler, Nickal was a three-time NCAA Division I national champion and a three-time Big Ten Conference champion out of Pennsylvania State University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jaydin Eierman</span> American freestyle wrestler

Jaydin Selsor Eierman is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competed internationally at 65 kilograms and collegiately at 141 pounds. In freestyle, Eierman won the US Open Nationals in 2021, medaled at the 2019 Pan American Games, earned runner–up honors at the 2018 US Open Nationals and was the 2019 US U23 National Champion. In folkstyle, he was the 2021 NCAA DI National runner-up and won a Big Ten championship in 2021 for the University of Iowa. He was a three–time NCAA All-American and a three–time MAC champion for the Missouri Tigers, before transferring to Iowa.

Jason Michael Nolf is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 74 kilograms. In freestyle, he is a three-time U.S. national champion and a multiple-time medalist in international tournaments.

Isaiah Alexander Martinez is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 79 kilograms. In freestyle, Martinez is a two-time US Open National champion and was the 2017 US U23 World Team Member. As a folkstyle wrestler, he was a two-time NCAA Division I National champion and a four-time Big Ten Conference champion.

David Aaron Carr (born March 28, 1999) is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 165 pounds. In freestyle, Carr is a U20 World Champion and U17 World bronze medalist.

Vitali Orujov is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 61 kilograms. In freestyle, he was the 2023 World Champion, Pan American champion and US National champion.

Aaron Marquel Brooks is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes internationally at 86 kilograms. In freestyle, he is a U23 World champion and US National champion, as well as a U20 World silver medalist and U17 World champion.

Alec William Pantaleo is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 70 kilograms. In freestyle, he is the defending U.S. Open champion, was the 2021 Pan American Continental champion, claimed the 2021 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series and the 2021 Poland Open titles, earned silver and bronze medals at the U.S. Open, and was a 2019 U23 U.S. team member. As a folkstyle wrestler, Pantaleo was a three-time NCAA DI All-American and a Big Ten Conference champion out of the University of Michigan.

Kollin Raymond Moore is an American freestyler wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms. In freestyle, he won the '21 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series title, defeating Iran's Alireza Karimi in the final, is the reigning US National Champion and was also the '18 U23 World Championship and '19 US National Championship runner-up. As a folkstyle wrestler, he was a four-time NCAA Division I All-American, three-time Big Ten Conference champion and the '20 Dan Hodge Trophy runner-up for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Silas Allred is an American folkstyle and freestyle wrestler who competes at 197 pounds for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He is a two-time Indiana state champion and a Big Ten champion.

Mitchell Mesenbrink is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes internationally at 74 kilograms and collegiately at 165 pounds. In freestyle, he won the gold medal at the 2023 U20 World Championships and was a silver medalist in 2022. In folkstyle, he is a redshirt freshman wrestling for the Penn State Nittany Lions and 2024 NCAA silver medalist.

References

  1. ↑ Biography – Michael Macchiavello, NC. usawrestlingmembership.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ Michael Macchiavello – 2017–18 – Wrestling Roster. go pack.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ Peeler, Tim. (March 22, 2018). Wrestler Macchiavello Savors National Title. news.ncsu.edu. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  4. ↑ (June 3, 2018). Hidlay, Macchiavello Win Gold at U23 World Team Trials. go pack.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  5. ↑ Willis, Mike. (November 19, 2019). #TeamUSATuesday: MEN'S FREESTYLE NATIONAL TEAM MEMBER MICHAEL MACCHIAVELLO. teams.org.. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ Immel, Richard. (May 5, 2023). Hildebrandt, Burroughs, Molinari, Macchiavello Collect Pan-Am Gold, U.S. Women Take Team Title. teams.org. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  7. ↑ (April 29, 2023). Former NC State Champion, Michael Macchiavello, Wins US Open. go pack.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  8. ↑ Spey, Andrew. (June 10, 2023). Results For USA Wrestling's 2023 Final X Presented By Tezos. flowrestling.org. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.