Maddi Wesche

Maddison-Lee Wesche (born 13 June 1999) is a New Zealand athlete specialising in the shot put.[1] She represented her country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. In 2018, she won a gold medal at the World U20 Championships in Tampere.

Maddi Wesche
Personal information
Full nameMaddison-Lee Wesche
Born (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put
Coached byWalter Gill
Medal record
Women's track and field
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 BirminghamShot put
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 SuvaShot put
Gold medal – first place2019 TownsvilleShot put
World U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 TampereShot put

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.[2]

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.[3]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  New Zealand
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 1st Shot put 15.27 m
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 1st Shot put 17.09 m
2019 Oceania Championships Townsville, Australia 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

References
  1. Maddi Wesche at World Athletics
  2. "Olympic Stadium – Shot Put A – 30 Jul – 19:25 – Official". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. "Wesche working towards World Under 20 Champs in Finland". The New Zealand Herald. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.


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