| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Maddison-Lee Wesche |
| Born | (1999-06-13)13 June 1999 (age 26) |
| Alma mater | Massey University |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Shot put |
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| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest(s) | Shot put: 20.06 m (Tokyo, 2025) |
Maddison-Lee Wesche (born 13 June 1999) is a New Zealand athlete specialising in theshot put.[1] She won the silver medal at the2024 Summer Olympics. In 2018, she also won a gold medal at theWorld U20 Championships in Tampere.
Wesche was born inWest Auckland,New Zealand, to parents Renee and Hans.[2][3][4][5] She is ofSamoan descent.[4] 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.[6]
Wesche was educated atLynfield College inBlockhouse Bay, Auckland, from 2013 to 2017.[7] She completed studies towards theBachelor of Arts in psychology atMassey University.[8]
Wesche set a personal best of 18.65 m in the qualifying round ofshot put at the 2020 Summer Olympics, improving to 18.98 m in the final and finishing in sixth place.[9]
Wesche took the bronze medal at the2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with a put of 20.06 m, equalling her personal best.[10]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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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 |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 4th | Shot put | 19.62 m |
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 2nd | Shot put | 19.86 m | |
| 2025 | World Indoor Championships | Nanjing, China | 15th | Shot put | 16.52 m |
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Shot put | 20.06 m | |
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by | Halberg Awards – Emerging Talent Award 2018 | Succeeded by |
World U20 Champions in women'sshot put | |
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