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.
Early life and education Wesche was born in West Auckland, New Zealand, to parents Renee and Hans. She is of Samoan descent. The middle of three sisters, Wesche comes from a sporting family: her father played basketball, while her mother was a hockey player. She initially played netball before switching to sprinting and, eventually, shot put.
Wesche was educated at Lynfield College in Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, from 2013 to 2017. She completed studies towards the Bachelor of Arts in psychology at Massey University.
Career Wesche set a personal best of 18.65 m in the qualifying round of shot put at the 2020 Summer Olympics, improving to 18.98 m in the final and finishing in sixth place.
Wesche took the bronze medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with a put of 20.06 m, equalling her personal best.
International competitions Representing 2015World Youth ChampionshipsCali, Colombia17th (q)Shot put (3 kg)15.23 m2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland20th (q)Shot put13.79 m2017Oceania ChampionshipsSuva, Fiji1stShot put15.27 m2018World U20 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland1stShot put17.09 m2019Oceania ChampionshipsTownsville, Australia1stShot put18.04 mUniversiadeNaples, Italy6thShot put17.22 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar25th (q)Shot put17.22 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan6thShot put18.98 m2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States7thShot put19.50 mCommonwealth GamesBirmingham, United Kingdom3rdShot put19.03 m2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary7thShot put19.51 m2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom4thShot put19.62 mOlympic GamesParis, France2ndShot put19.86 m2025World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China15thShot put16.52 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan3rdShot put20.06 m
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