Mike Nackoul is an 85 kg weightlifter and a member of the 2013 World team that competed in Wrocław, Poland. Mike has won national championships in the youth, junior, and university categories as well as national medals at the senior level. Mike has also competed on multiple junior and University teams that features a 7th place finish at the Junior World Championships in Penang, Malaysia. He has spent much time at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO, training under Zygmunt Smalcerz.

Mike is a Pittsburgh native and also graduated from MIT in 2014 with a Mechanical Engineering degree. He is currently training and working in Seattle, WA.