Billy Cusack
Scottish judoka
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Early and personal life
Judo career
Cusack was a six times champion of Great Britain, winning lightweight (lw) and half-middleweight (hmw) divisions at the British Judo Championships in 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 (hmw) and 1994.[5]
Cusack's sports club was Edinburgh.[1] In 1990, he won the US Open Colorado Springs in the U71 weight class as well as the 1994 Scottish Senior Championships in the U78 weight class.[2]
Cusack competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at the age of 26, in Judo--Men's Lightweight, and came in tied for 18th.[1] He was awarded his 7th Dan on 29 October 2015 by the British Judo Association.[6]
Coaching career
Cusack is Director of Coaching at Edinburgh Judo, and in 1999 was named UK Coach of the Year, receiving the Mussabini Medal.[7][8][9] He assisted Graeme Randall, who won the -81 kg world title in Birmingham.[2]