Edith Bosch

Edith Bosch
Personal information
Nickname(s) Bambi
Mrs. Slam
The Boss
Born (1980-05-31) 31 May 1980
Den Helder, Noord-Holland,
the Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Sport
Sport Judo
Club De Korte Sport Instituut
Coached by Chris de Korte
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2004 Athens -70 kg
2008 Beijing -70 kg
2012 London -70 kg
World Championships
Cairo 2005 70 kg
Paris 2011 70 kg
Osaka 2003 70 kg
Summer Universiade
Beijing 2001 70 kg
European Championships
2004 Bucharest 70 kg
2005 Rotterdam 70 kg
2011 Istanbul 70 kg
2012 Chelyabinsk 70 kg
2002 Maribor 70 kg
2007 Belgrade 70 kg
2009 Tbilisi 70 kg

Edith Bosch (born 31 May 1980) is a Dutch judoka.

Her Olympic debut was at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney where she finished seventh. She won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the middleweight division. She was also European champion that year. Bosch became world champion in the same 70 kg category at the 2005 World Judo Championships in Cairo, Egypt. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she defeated Ronda Rousey in a quarter final match and won a bronze medal. In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she once again won the bronze medal.

Bosch has a HEAO (Dutch: Hoger economisch en administratief onderwijs) diploma in commercial economy from Randstad Topsport Academy, and currently works as a team manager for the Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

During the 2012 Summer Olympics, Bosch was watching the final of the Men's 100 metres when a man threw a plastic bottle onto the track. Bosch punched the man, and he was detained by stewards.[1][2][3]

Bosch retired from competitive judo in April 2013.[4] She subsequently took up CrossFit.[5]

In 2013 she appeared on Dutch reality TV programme Expeditie Robinson 2013, which she won.[6] She lost 16 kilograms (35 lb) over the programme's month of production.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ward, Victoria (5 August 2012). "Spectator arrested after bottle thrown at 100m final". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Fritsch, Oliver (6 August 2012). "Olympia-Splitter: Eine Judoka übt poetische Selbstjustiz, Becker zürnt, Transparenz beim DSV". Die Zeit. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Edith Bosch on Twitter. 5 Aug 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Bosch, a World Champion, Is Set to Retire". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. 1 2 Polona Fonda (5 April 2015). "Edith Bosch: Olympic Games Medals, Judo and Crossfit". boxrox.
  6. ↑ "Edith Bosch wint Expeditie Robinson 2013". Algemeen Dagblad. 2013-12-12. (Dutch)

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