Verina Wihongi
New Zealand Olympian: 972
Biography
Verina is New Zealand’s first official taekwondo team member. She is a 3rd degree black belt, qualifying after her win at the Olympic Selection Tournament in Auckland and the Asian Taekwondo Games in Bangkok. Verina is the New Zealand welterweight champion. With her partner Ngatai, she works as a Dairy Herd Manager in Balclutha.
athlete
Fast facts
- Sport
- Taekwondo
- Birth place
- Kaikohe
- Born
- 1978
- Height
- 168cm
Olympic Summer GamesAthens 2004
Taekwondo(57kg - Women)
- Performance: 1-4
- Result: Loss
- Placed: 9 of 15