Verina Wihongi
New Zealand taekwondo practitioner
Verina Rosiland Wihongi is a taekwando practitioner from New Zealand.
Wihongi has a 3rd degree black belt in taekwondo.[1] She was the first woman to represent New Zealand in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens.[2][3] She qualified for the Olympics after winning the selection tournament in Auckland and the Asian Taekwondo Games in Bangkok.[1]
Personal life
She works as a Dairy Herd Manager in Balclutha with her partner, Ngatai.[1]
External links
- Verina Wihongi at the NZOC website
- Verina Wihongi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
References
- Black Gold by Ron Palenski (2008, 2004 New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame, Dunedin) p. 96 ISBN 047600683X
- ^ a b c "Verina Wihongi". New Zealand Olympic Team. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ McMurran, Alistair (21 August 2008). "Rugby: Return of prop boost for Otago Spirit scrum". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Athens Olympian plots comeback path". NZ Herald. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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2004 New Zealand Olympic team
- Ken Uprichard
- Valerie Adams
- Michael Aish
- Craig Barrett
- Stuart Farquhar
- Beatrice Faumuina
- Melina Hamilton
- John Henwood
- Liza Hunter-Galvan
- Jason Stewart
- Kim Smith
- Dale Warrander
- Nick Willis
- Jonathan Wyatt
- Sara Petersen
- Daniel Shirley
- Gareth Brooks
- Phil Burrows
- Stacey Carr
- Helen Clarke
- Dean Couzins
- Tara Drysdale
- Dion Gosling
- Bevan Hari
- Blair Hopping
- Lizzy Igasan
- Leisen Jobe
- Beth Jurgeleit
- Dave Kosoof
- Wayne McIndoe
- Suzie Muirhead
- James Nation
- Emily Naylor
- Meredith Orr
- Umesh Parag
- Mitesh Patel
- Kyle Pontifex
- Jaimee Provan
- Niniwa Roberts
- Rachel Robertson
- Hayden Shaw
- Kayla Sharland
- Darren Smith
- Rachel Sutherland
- Simon Towns
- Lisa Walton
- Diana Weavers
- Paul Woolford
- George Bridgewater
- Nicky Coles
- Mahé Drysdale
- Caroline Evers-Swindell
- Georgina Evers-Swindell
- Juliette Haigh
- Donald Leach
- Carl Meyer
- Eric Murray
- Nathan Twaddle
- Sonia Waddell
- Tom Ashley
- Dean Barker
- Andrew Brown
- Linda Dickson
- Sharon Ferris
- Shelley Hesson
- Jamie Hunt
- Kylie Jameson
- Barbara Kendall
- Sarah Macky
- Hamish Pepper
- Joanna White
- Nadine Stanton
- Ryan Taylor
- Verina Wihongi
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