Nate Ackerman

Nate Ackerman

Ackerman in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Nathanael Leedom Ackerman [1]
Nationality	British/American
Born	(1978-03-04) March 4, 1978 (age 47) [1] New York, New York, U.S.
Parent(s)	Joanne Leedom-Ackerman and Peter Ackerman
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Club	Dave Schultz Wrestling Club

Nathanael Leedom Ackerman (born March 4, 1978), ^[1] known as Nate Ackerman, is a British-American mathematician and wrestler. He is the son of Peter Ackerman and Joanne Leedom-Ackerman.

Biography

Ackerman was born in New York City, New York, United States to Joanne Leedom-Ackerman and Peter Ackerman. He was educated at the American School in London ^[2] and then Harvard University, where he graduated in June 2000.

Ackerman competed in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games as part of the Great Britain National Team. ^[3] He also competed in the 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2011 World Championships. ^[4] Ackerman's best international finish was fifth at the 2011 Commonwealth Championship. ^[1]

Ackerman was a two-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at welterweight in 2002 and 2004. ^[5]

He received his Ph.D. in mathematics in 2006 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon (GBR)". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
2. Brehm, Denise (13 August 2004), "MIT brains, brawn and bright lights go to Athens Olympics", MIT News, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. Phillips, Michael (25 May 2004). "Britain's only wrestler grapples with a crowd". Athens 2004. The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
4. Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon (GBR). FILA Wrestling Database. Retrieved on 20 July 2009.
5. "British Senior Champions 2002 to 2008". British Wrestling. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
6. Nate Ackerman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
7. Nathanael Leedom Ackerman (2006). On Quantifier Rank Spectrum of L-Infinity-Omega (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.