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 (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

. She won the silver medal at the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

. In 2018, she also 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. Wesche was educated at

Lynfield College Lynfield College is a secondary education provider in Lynfield, Auckland, New Zealand. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008. The Principal of Lynfield College is Ms Cath Knell. The school practices NCEA for assessments and examinations, ...

in Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, from 2013 to 2017.

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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 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 (track and field) People educated at Lynfield College Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub