Maddi Wesche
| Personal information | |
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| Nickname | Maddi |
| Born | 13 June 1999 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Shot put |
| Coached by | Walter Gill |
Madison-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.
Her personal best in the event is 18.32 metres set in Auckland in 2019.
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]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  New Zealand
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| 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 | |
References
- ^ Maddi Wesche at World Athletics
- ^ "Wesche working towards World Under 20 Champs in Finland". The New Zealand Herald. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
World U20 Champions in women's shot put | |
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