Billy Cusack

William Scott Cusack 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 tall, and weighed. He was married to 1982 U52 world champion judoka Loretta Doyle.

Cusack was a six times champion of Great Britain, winning lightweight and half-middleweight divisions at the British Judo Championships in 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 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 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.

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.