Nate Ackerman
Nathanael (Nate) Leedom Ackerman (born March 4 1978 in New York City, New York United States) is an Olympic wrestler—taking part in the 2004 Summer Olympics with Team GB.
He wrestles for the Dave Schultz Wrestling Club, under coach Granit Taropin. He has, as a wrestler, taken part in the 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005 World Championships—his best result being in the 1999 World Championships where he took 16th place.
Nate Ackerman was educated at the American School in London followed by Harvard University where he graduated in June 2000. He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until June 2006 when he received his PhD in mathematics. His PhD was under professor Gerald E. Sacks and was titled On Quantifier Rank Spectra of Sentences of . He is currently a mathematics instructor at the University of Pennsylvania.
He is the son of Joanne Leedom-Ackerman and Peter Ackerman.