Akshita Kumar

Kokoda Challenge Experience and Skills Attained 

• Successfully completed a 48km endurance event, demonstrating perseverance in physical and mental challenges over long hours of continuous hiking.
• Built mateship by working closely with team members to maintain morale, support one another, and achieve a shared goal.
• Showed dedication and commitment by committing personal time through 10 months of training in both 2021 and 2022, fundraising, and supporting the Kokoda Youth Foundation’s mission.
• Developed transferable skills including teamwork, problem-solving under pressure, time management, and resilience.

Taekwondo Experience and Skills Attained

• Showed dedication towards training by attending additional weekend sessions, as well as training outside of class time to ensure proficiency and mastery of skills.
• 8 years of commitment by attending classes twice a week regularly and moving through the 11 ranks: white belt, yellow stripe, yellow belt, green stripe, green belt, blue stripe, blue belt, red stripe, red belt, black stripe and black belt.