Maddi Wesche

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.

Maddi Wesche

Personal information
Full name	Maddison-Lee Wesche
Born	(1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 26) West Auckland, New Zealand
Alma mater	Massey University
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Coached by	Walter Gill Mike Schofield
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Shot put: 20.06 m (Tokyo, 2025)
Medal record Women's track and field Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 2024 Paris Shot put World Championships 2025 Tokyo Shot put Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Shot put Oceania Championships 2017 Suva Shot put 2019 Townsville Shot put World U20 Championships 2018 Tampere Shot put

Early life and education

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

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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