Verina Wihongi
New Zealand taekwondo practitioner
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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]