Verina Wihongi

{{short description|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.{{Cite web |date=9 February 2016 |title=Verina Wihongi |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/verina-wihongi |access-date=27 June 2024 |website=New Zealand Olympic Team |language=en}} She was the first woman to represent New Zealand in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens.{{Cite web |last=McMurran |first=Alistair |date=21 August 2008 |title=Rugby: Return of prop boost for Otago Spirit scrum |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-return-prop-boost-otago-spirit-scrum |access-date=27 June 2024 |website=Otago Daily Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Athens Olympian plots comeback path |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/sport/athens-olympian-plots-comeback-path/N44GCVIID6D5VXOZMKLGGWKFMQ/ |access-date=27 June 2024 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}} She qualified for the Olympics after winning the selection tournament in Auckland and the Asian Taekwondo Games in Bangkok.