Illawarra martial arts exponent Mick Cutajar has won his third World Cup jiu-jitsu title in eight years at the Olympic State Sports Centre, Homebush, last Sunday.
Cutajar, who was crowned grand champion, had previously won a World Cup jiu-jitsu title in 2000, 2004 and now this year.
For Cutajar, this World Cup may be his last in jiu-jitsu now that he has completed last Sunday's event on such a high note.
The previous weekend Cutajar won gold at the Kodokan national judo titles at Tweed Heads PCYC.
This is a major achievement as the two disciplines of judo and jiu-jitsu are vastly different despite a common belief that they are similar.
Two of Illawarra's brightest prospects, Jana Nicholaou, 14, and Logan Gonzalez, 10, also backed up from their success at the Kodokan judo nationals to win at the Sydney World Cup jiu-jitsu tournament.
At the Australian Kodokan judo titles, Jana won two gold medals and a silver then one week later backed up to win gold in the under 15 division in Sydney.
Logan won two gold and one silver at the Kodokan judo nationals before winning his junior division, the under 10, at the World Cup jiu-jitsu event seven days later.
"I was very happy with both Jana and Logan," Cutajar said.
"It is extremely difficult to compete at a high level for weeks on end."
Credit: Illawarra Mercury
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