Julia Cross
Julia Margaret Cross is a 6th degree black belt in ITF Taekwon-Do and a martial arts 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 hip replacement 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 Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to taekwon-do. Titles. Julia Cross has won numerous titles in her Taekwon-Do career.