Maddi Wesche
New Zealand shot putter (born 1999)
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| Full name | Maddison-Lee Wesche | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Shot put | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Walter Gill | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maddison-Lee Wesche (born 13 June 1999) is a New Zealand athlete specialising in the shot put.[1] 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.[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]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 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 |
References
- ^ Maddi Wesche at World Athletics
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Wesche working towards World Under 20 Champs in Finland". The New Zealand Herald. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
External links
- Maddi Wesche at World Athletics
- Maddi Wesche at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Maddi Wesche at Olympics.com
- Maddi Wesche at Olympedia
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| Preceded by | Halberg Awards – Emerging Talent Award 2018 | Succeeded by |
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World U20 Champions in women's shot put
- 1986:
Heike Rohrmann (GDR) - 1988: Ines Wittich (GDR)
- 1990:
Qiu Qiaoping (CHN) - 1992: Wang Yawen (CHN)
- 1994: Cheng Xiaoyan (CHN)
- 1996: Song Feina (CHN)
- 1998:
Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) - 2000:
Kathleen Kluge (GER) - 2002:
Valerie Adams (NZL) - 2004:
Michelle Carter (USA) - 2006:
Melissa Boekelman (NED) - 2008:
Natalia Duco (CHI) - 2010: Meng Qianqian (CHN)
- 2012: Shanice Craft (GER)
- 2014: Guo Tianqian (CHN)
- 2016: Alina Kenzel (GER)
- 2018: Maddi Wesche (NZL)
- 2021:
Miné de Klerk (RSA) - 2022: Miné de Klerk (RSA)
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