Julia Margaret Cross is a 7th degree black belt in ITF Taekwon-Do and a

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instructor. She is a six-time ITF Taekwon-Do World Champion and 15 time European Champion. Julia Cross is the only person, male or female, ever to achieve six world titles in ITF Taekwon-Do.

Career

Julia Cross took her first martial arts class at age eleven. In 1991 she traveled to Vienna for her first European championship. She became a world champion for the first time in 1999, in Argentina. She continued to win world titles and was inducted into the Taekwon-Do Hall of Fame in 2007, being the first person to ever win six Taekwon-Do world titles. In 2010, Julia Cross needed a

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and was forced to retire from competition. She received her 5th degree black belt in 2011, and teaches at South Queensferry School of Taekwon-Do.4 Cross was appointed

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(MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to taekwon-do.

Titles

Julia Cross has won numerous titles in her Taekwon-Do career. * WORLD SILVER 2009: ARGENTINA - Female -58 kg Sparring * 2007: QUEBEC - Female -58 kg Sparring * Winner of 1st Hall of Fame Best Female Competitor * 2005: GERMANY - Female -58 kg Sparring * 2005: GERMANY - Female 3rd degree Patterns * Received Award for Best Overall Female * 2003: POLAND - Female -58 kg Sparring * 2003: POLAND - Female 3rd Degree Patterns * Received Award for Best overall female * 1999: ARGENTINA - Female -58 kg Sparring * Received Award For Best Overall Female * WORLD SILVER 1997: RUSSIA - Female 3rd degree Patterns * WORLD BRONZE 1992: NORTH KOREA - Female -58 kg Sparring * European Championship Medals European Golds - 15 * 1991: Vienna * 1994: Poland * 1996: Italy * 1997: Slovenia * 1999: Italy * 2000: Edinburgh - 2 Gold including BEST FEMALE COMPETITOR * 2001: Spain * 2002: Czech Rep -1 Gold & 1 Silver including BEST FEMALE COMPETITOR * 2004: Finland * 2005: Italy * 2006: Romania * 2007: Slovakia - 2 GOLD including BEST OVERALL FEMALE * 2008: Wroclaw - Poland * SILVER MEDALS - 5 * 1993: Holland * 1995: Germany * 1999: Italy * 2001: Spain * 2002: Czech Rep * 2008: Wroclaw-Poland * BRONZE MEDALS - 3 * 1991: Vienna * 1995: Germany * 2006: Romania * Other Tournaments * FINNISH OPEN (FINLAND): CHAMPION 2003 - 2 Gold Medals * SWEDISH VIKING CUP: CHAMPION 2004 - 2 Gold Medals * SWEDISH VIKING CUP: CHAMPION 2005 - 2 Gold Medals * SWEDISH VIKING CUP: CHAMPION 2006 - 1 Gold, 1 Silver * CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS (ENGLAND) 2004 - 3 Gold Medals * IMPACT OPEN 2005 - 2 Gold Medals * SCOTTISH CHAMPION: 1989-2003(inclusive), 2006 BRITISH CHAMPION: 1989-2002(inclusive) ENGLISH CHAMPION: 1989, 1990 and 1998 WELSH CHAMPION: 1995 and 1997 ITALIAN OPEN CHAMPION: 1998, 1999 and 2000 - 2 gold medals in each year * IRISH OPEN MARCH 2007: GOLD SPARRING & GOLD PATTERN

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Julia 1974 births Living people Scottish female taekwondo practitioners Sportspeople from Edinburgh Members of the Order of the British Empire