Maddi Wesche

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Maddi Wesche
Personal information
Full nameMaddison-Lee Wesche
Born (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 25)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
Sport Athletics
Event Shot put
Coached byWalter Gill
Medal record
Women's track and field
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Shot put
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Shot put
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Suva Shot put
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Townsville Shot put
World U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tampere Shot put

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.

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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] Wesche was educated at Lynfield College in Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, from 2013 to 2017. [4]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  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 1stShot put15.27 m
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 1stShot put 17.09 m
2019 Oceania Championships Townsville, Australia 1stShot put18.04 m
Universiade Naples, Italy 6thShot put 17.22 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 25th (q)Shot put 17.22 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 6thShot put 18.98 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 7thShot put 19.50 m
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rdShot put 19.03 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 7thShot put 19.51 m
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 4thShot put 19.62 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 2ndShot put 19.86 m
2025 World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 15thShot put 16.52 m

References

  1. ↑ Maddi Wesche at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  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.
  4. ↑ 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.
Awards
Preceded by Halberg Awards – Emerging Talent Award
2018		Succeeded by


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