Maddi Wesche

EVENT: Athletics: Women's Shot Put

All set for her Commonwealth Game debut, Maddi Wesche enjoyed her breakthrough performance when winning shot put gold with her sixth round throw at the 2018 World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.

At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games the Aucklander set a personal best of 18.65m in qualification before bettering this mark to throw 18.98m to place sixth in the final. 

Wesche has continued to show her rising status in 2022, posting a new personal best of 19.10m when winning the New Zealand senior shot title in March. 

The former Lynfield College student is coached by Mike Schofield, Wesche is a huge fan of the sport of ice hockey.