Manega Tapari

Manega Tapari (born 30 April 1999) is a Papua New Guinean para athlete, para badminton player, and para taekwondo competitor. She represented Papua New Guinea in para taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career Tapari began playing para-badminton in 2022. The following year she competed at the Western Australia Para Badminton International. In October 2023 she received a female participation grant from the Badminton World Federation.

Tapari competed at the 2023 Pacific Games in the ambulant (class 6-10) javelin throw, shot put, and 100m events.

In April 2024, Tapari won in the +65kg women's para-division at the 2024 Oceania Taekwondo Olympics Qualification, earning her a spot at the Paralympics. In competition, she reached the round of 16 in the +65kg category, where she was beaten by Spanish athlete Dalia Santiago Moreno.