Maddi Wesche
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Maddison-Lee Wesche |
| Born | 13 June 1999 |
| Alma mater | Massey University |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Shot put |
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| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Shot put: 20.06 m (Tokyo, 2025) |
Medal record | |
Maddison-Lee Wesche (born 13 June 1999) is a New Zealand athlete specialising in the shot put.[1] 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
[edit]Wesche was born in West Auckland, New Zealand, to parents Renee and Hans.[2][3][4][5] She is of Samoan 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 at Lynfield College in Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, from 2013 to 2017.[7] She completed studies towards the Bachelor of Arts in psychology at Massey University.[8]
Career
[edit]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.[9]
Wesche took the bronze medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with a put of 20.06 m, equalling her personal best.[10]
International competitions
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Maddi Wesche at World Athletics
- ^ "Maddi Wesche | New Zealand Olympic Team". olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ van Royen, Robert (24 August 2024). "Paris Olympics: Maddi Wesche uncorks personal-best to win shot put silver". The Press. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ a b "'Cool, calm Sāmoan' culture helps Wesche claim historic silver". PMN | Pacific Media Network. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ @thenzteam (20 April 2024). "For Olympian @maddiwesche, the community of West Auckland has served as her home, her support and the very foundation of her journey". Instagram. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ Athletics New Zealand (18 June 2018). "Wesche working towards World Under 20 Champs in Finland". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ McNab, Alec (15 August 2024). "Athletics insight: 'Quiet improver' Maddi Wesche's silver medal a highlight of Paris Olympics track and field competition". Whanganui Chronicle. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Maddie Wesche's Journey Since Gold". Athletics New Zealand. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Athletics: Wesche breaks 20m, Joynt sets lifetime best at 200m". RNZ. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
External links
[edit]- Maddi Wesche at World Athletics
- Maddi Wesche at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Maddi Wesche at Olympics.com
- Maddi Wesche at Olympedia
World U20 Champions in women's shot put | |
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- New Zealand women shot putters
- World Athletics Championships athletes for New Zealand
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics U20 Championships winners
- Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Olympic athletes for New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics
- People educated at Lynfield College
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
- Sportspeople from Auckland