| Maddi Wesche | |
| Fullname: | Maddison-Lee Wesche |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1999 |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Shot put |
| Coach: | Walter Gill |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Maddison-Lee Wesche (born 13 June 1999) is a New Zealand athlete specialising in the shot put. She won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In 2018, she also won a gold medal at the World U20 Championships in Tampere.
Her previous personal best in the event was 18.65 metres set in the qualifying round of the shot put at the 2020 Summer Olympics but she improved on that in the final round with a new personal best of 18.98 that earned her a 6th place at the conclusion of the final round.[1]
The middle of three sisters, Wesche comes from a sporting family, her father played basketball while her mother was a hockey player. Initially she played netball before switching to sprinting and finally shot put.[2] Wesche was educated at Lynfield College in Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, from 2013 to 2017.[3]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | World Youth Championships | Cali, Colombia | 17th (q) | Shot put (3 kg) | 15.23 m | |
| 2016 | World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 20th (q) | Shot put | 13.79 m | |
| 2017 | Oceania Championships | Suva, Fiji | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 15.27 m |
| 2018 | World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 17.09 m |
| 2019 | Oceania Championships | Townsville, Australia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Shot put | 18.04 m |
| Universiade | Naples, Italy | 6th | Shot put | 17.22 m | ||
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 25th (q) | Shot put | 17.22 m | ||
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 6th | Shot put | 18.98 m | |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 7th | Shot put | 19.50 m | |
| Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 3rd | Shot put | 19.03 m | ||
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 7th | Shot put | 19.51 m | |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 4th | Shot put | 19.62 m | |
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Shot put | 19.86 m | |