William Scott Cusack (born 23 May 1966) is a Scottish

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ka who represented Great Britain in the Olympics.

Early and personal life

Cusack was born in

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, Great Britain. When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-8.5 (175 cm) tall, and weighed 163 lbs (74 kg). He was married to 1982 U52 world champion judoka

Loretta Doyle Loretta Doyle (also known by her married name Cusack, born 12 July 1963) is a Scottish judoka who won the under-52kg event at the 1982 World Judo Championships, and the under-56 kg event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Doyle also won European ...

Judo career

Cusack was a six times champion of Great Britain, winning lightweight (lw) and half-middleweight (hmw) divisions at the

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in 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 (hmw) and 1994. Cusack's sports club was Edinburgh. 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. Cusack competed for

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, at the age of 26, in Judo--Men's Lightweight, and came in tied for 18th. He was awarded his 7th Dan on 29 October 2015 by the British Judo Association.

Coaching career

Cusack is Director of Coaching at Edinburgh Judo, and in 1999 was named UK Coach of the Year, receiving the

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. He assisted

Graeme Randall Graeme Randall, MBE (born 14 March 1975) is a Scottish judoka. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics, and won gold medals in the 81 kg division at both the 1999 World Judo Championships and 2002 Commonwealt ...

, who won the -81 kg world title in Birmingham.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cusack, Billy 1966 births Living people Scottish male judoka Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Great Britain Sportspeople from Glasgow Commonwealth Games medallists in judo Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Judoka at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games