Maddison-Lee Wesche

Maddison-Lee Wesche (born 13 June 1999) is a New Zealand athlete specialising in the shot put. 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 Wesche was born in West Auckland, New Zealand, to parents Renee and Hans. She is of Samoan descent.

Wesche was educated at Lynfield College in Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, from 2013 to 2017. She completed studies towards the Bachelor of Arts in psychology at Massey University.

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.

Wesche took the bronze medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with a put of 20.06 m, equalling her personal best.

International competitions