Edith Bosch

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Edith Bosch
Judoka
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
WebsiteOfficial website
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportJudo
Weight class–70 kg
ClubDe Korte Sport Instituut
Coached byChris de Korte
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesSilver (2004)
World Champ.Gold (
2005)
European Champ.Gold (
2012
)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London ‍–‍70 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Cairo
‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Paris ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Osaka
‍–‍70 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Bucharest
‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place 2005 Rotterdam
‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Istanbul
‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place 2012 Chelyabinsk
‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2002 Maribor
‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Belgrade
‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Tbilisi
‍–‍70 kg
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Baku ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Almaty ‍–‍70 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2011 Moscow ‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2009 Moscow ‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Moscow ‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Tokyo ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Tokyo ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Paris ‍–‍70 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2011 Baku ‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place 2011 Amsterdam ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍70 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Porto ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Cali ‍–‍70 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Monte Carlo ‍–‍66 kg
Gold medal – first place 1997 Ljubljana ‍–‍66 kg
Gold medal – first place 1999 Rome ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bucharest ‍–‍70 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Beijing ‍–‍70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF248
JudoInside.com10
Updated on 28 May 2023.

Edith Bosch (born 31 May 1980) is a Dutch

judoka
.

Her Olympic debut was at the

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, she is also a master in Sport Management from Johan Cruyff Institute,[2] and currently works as a team manager for the Nederlandse Spoorwegen.[3]

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.[4][5][6]

Bosch retired from competitive judo in April 2013.[7] She subsequently took up CrossFit.[8]

In 2013, she appeared on Dutch reality TV programme Expeditie Robinson 2013, which she won.[9] She lost 16 kilograms (35 lb) over the programme's month of production.[8]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Edith Bosch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ISBN 9789026333675
    .
  3. ^ "Dutch judoka who confronted Usain Bolt bottle-thrower to retire after European Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. ^ Ward, Victoria (5 August 2012). "Spectator arrested after bottle thrown at 100m final". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  5. ^ Fritsch, Oliver (6 August 2012). "Olympia-Splitter: Eine Judoka übt poetische Selbstjustiz, Becker zürnt, Transparenz beim DSV". Die Zeit. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  6. ^ @edithbosch (5 August 2012). "Edith Bosch" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 August 2012 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Bosch, a World Champion, Is Set to Retire". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  8. ^ a b Polona Fonda (5 April 2015). "Edith Bosch: Olympic Games Medals, Judo and Crossfit". boxrox.
  9. ^ "Edith Bosch wint Expeditie Robinson 2013". Algemeen Dagblad. 12 December 2013. (in Dutch)

External links

Media related to Edith Bosch at Wikimedia Commons

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