Maddison-Lee Wesche (born 13 June 1999) is a New Zealand athlete specialising in the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

. 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 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. 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.

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* * * * 1999 births Living people New Zealand female shot putters World Athletics Championships athletes for New Zealand 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 20th-century New Zealand women 21st-century New Zealand women Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub