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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 formally competed for the Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.[1]As of 2026[update], Macchiavello is an assistant coach at Army.
Macchiavello attended Sun Valley High School in Monroe, North Carolina. He was the 2013 NCHSAA 4A 182-pound wrestling state champion. He placed third at the 2012 NCHSAA 4A state championships at 182-pounds and was also a two-time placer at FloNationals.[2]
During his collegiate career at NC State, he finished second at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championships twice and won the 197-pound national title at the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio. He was 11–14 as a freshman and 9–8 as a sophomore. Macchiavello 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]
Macchiavello won the 2018 U23 United States World Team Trails at 92kg, 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 92kg.[5]
He would win his first Pan American Wrestling Championship and also the US Open Championship in 2023 at 92kg.[6][7] Macchiavello's US Open Championship would qualify him for the 2023 Final X at 92kg, where he dropped two matches in a best two out of three series to Zahid Valencia, in the wrestle-offs for the USA 92kg spot at the 2023 World Championships.[8]
Macchiavello won the 2026 US Open at 92kg, qualifying him for Final X in June.[9] In the 2026 Final X wrestle-offs, he lost two matches to former NC State wrestler and defending 92kg World Champion Trent Hidlay.
