William Scott Cusack (born 23 May 1966) is a Scottish judoka who represented Great Britain in the Olympics.

Early and personal life

Cusack was born in Glasgow, 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.

Billy Cusack

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.

Billy Cusack

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.

Billy Cusack

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. 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 Mussabini Medal. He assisted Graeme Randall, who won the -81 kg world title in Birmingham.

References

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