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{{Short description|Dutch judoka (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox judoka
| name         = Edith Bosch
| image        = Olympiërs arriveren bij het Torentje Edith Bosch (7781064788) (cropped).jpg
| birth_name   = 
| fullname     = 
| nickname     = Bambi<br />Mrs. Slam<br />The Boss
| nationality  = 
| residence    = 
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1980|5|31|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Den Helder]], [[North Holland]],<br />the Netherlands
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| height       = 1.83 m
| website      = {{URL|1=https://www.edithbosch.nl/|2=Official website}}
<!-- Sport -->
| country      = [[Netherlands]]
| sport        = 
| weight_class = –70 kg
| rank         = <!-- Belt color ONLY. Automated when "dan" is used. -->
| rank_ref     = 
| dan          = <!-- Dan rank (number, 1-11), for Black belts only -->
| club         = De Korte Sport Instituut
| coach        = Chris de Korte
| retired      = 
| coaching     = 
<!-- Achievements and titles -->
| worlds_rank       = 1
| worlds_year       = 2005
| worlds_weight     = Women's 70 kg
| regionals_type    = EU
| regionals_rank    = 1
| regionals_year    = 2004
| regionals_weight  = Women's 70 kg
| regionals_year2   = 2005
| regionals_weight2 = Women's 70 kg
| regionals_year3   = 2011
| regionals_weight3 = Women's 70 kg
| regionals_year4   = 2012
| regionals_weight4 = Women's 70 kg
| nationals         = 
| olympics_rank     = 2
| olympics_year     = 2004
| olympics_weight   = Women's 70 kg
| highestranking    = 
<!-- Medal record -->
| show-medals    = 
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport| Women's [[judo]] }}
{{Medal|Country| the {{NED}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[Judo at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{Medal|S| [[Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004&nbsp;Athens]] | [[Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|B| [[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008&nbsp;Beijing]] | [[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|B| [[Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012&nbsp;London]] | [[Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[World Judo Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{Medal|G| [[2005 World Judo Championships|2005&nbsp;Cairo]] | [[2005 World Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|S| [[2011 World Judo Championships|2011&nbsp;Paris]] | [[2011 World Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|B| [[2003 World Judo Championships|2003&nbsp;Osaka]] | [[2003 World Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[European Judo Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{Medal|G| [[2004 European Judo Championships|2004&nbsp;Bucharest]] | [[2004 European Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|G| [[2005 European Judo Championships|2005&nbsp;Rotterdam]] | [[2005 European Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|G| [[2011 European Judo Championships|2011&nbsp;Istanbul]] | [[2011 European Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|G| [[2012 European Judo Championships|2012&nbsp;Chelyabinsk]] | [[2012 European Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|S| [[2002 European Judo Championships|2002&nbsp;Maribor]] | [[2002 European Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|B| [[2007 European Judo Championships|2007&nbsp;Belgrade]] | [[2007 European Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|B| [[2009 European Judo Championships|2009&nbsp;Tbilisi]] | [[2009 European Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[Judo World Masters|World Masters]] }}
{{Medal|B| [[2011 Judo World Masters|2011&nbsp;Baku]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|B| [[2012 Judo World Masters|2012&nbsp;Almaty]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[Judo Grand Slam|IJF Grand Slam]] }}
{{Medal|G| [[2011 Judo Grand Slam Moscow|2011&nbsp;Moscow]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|S| [[2009 Judo Grand Slam Moscow|2009&nbsp;Moscow]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|S| [[2010 Judo Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro|2010&nbsp;Rio&nbsp;de&nbsp;Janeiro]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|S| [[2010 Judo Grand Slam Moscow|2010&nbsp;Moscow]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|S| [[2010 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo|2010&nbsp;Tokyo]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|B| [[2009 Judo Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro|2009&nbsp;Rio&nbsp;de&nbsp;Janeiro]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|B| [[2009 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo|2009&nbsp;Tokyo]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|B| [[2011 Judo Grand Slam Paris|2011&nbsp;Paris]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[International Judo Federation|IJF]] Grand Prix }}
{{Medal|G| [[2011 Judo Grand Prix Baku|2011&nbsp;Baku]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|G| [[2011 Judo Grand Prix Amsterdam|2011&nbsp;Amsterdam]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|B| [[2010 Judo Grand Prix Abu Dhabi|2010&nbsp;Abu&nbsp;Dhabi]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[World Judo Juniors Championships|World Juniors Championships]] }}
{{Medal|G| [[1996 World Judo Juniors Championships|1996&nbsp;Porto]] | {{nbnd}}66&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|B| [[1998 World Judo Juniors Championships|1998&nbsp;Cali]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[European Junior Judo Championships|European Junior Championships]] }}
{{Medal|G| [[1996 European Junior Judo Championships|1996&nbsp;Monte&nbsp;Carlo]] | {{nbnd}}66&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|G| [[1997 European Junior Judo Championships|1997&nbsp;Ljubljana]] | {{nbnd}}66&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|G| [[1999 European Junior Judo Championships|1999&nbsp;Rome]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|B| [[1998 European Junior Judo Championships|1998&nbsp;Bucharest]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| [[Judo at the Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]] }}
{{Medal|B| [[Judo at the 2001 Summer Universiade|2001&nbsp;Beijing]] | {{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg }}
| updated = 28 May 2023
}}

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

Her Olympic debut was at the [[Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 70 kg|2000 Olympics]] in Sydney where she finished seventh. She won the silver medal at the [[Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 70 kg|middleweight division]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref> She was also [[2004 European Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|European champion that year]]. Bosch became world champion in the same [[2005 World Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|{{nbnd}}70&nbsp;kg]] category at the [[2005 World Judo Championships]] in [[Cairo, Egypt]]. At the [[Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 70 kg|2008 Summer Olympics]], she defeated [[Ronda Rousey]] in a quarter final match and won a bronze medal. In the [[Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 70 kg|2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, she once again won the bronze medal.

Bosch has a HEAO ({{langx|nl|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]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1jvCgAAQBAJ&q=edith+bosch+johan+cruyff+institute&pg=PT102|title=Expeditie edith: hoe het gevecht met mezelf goud opleverde|isbn=9789026333675|last1=Bosch|first1=Edith|date=24 March 2016}}</ref> and currently works as a team manager for the [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-05 |title=Dutch judoka who confronted Usain Bolt bottle-thrower to retire after European Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1013626/dutch-judoka-who-confronted-usain-bolt-bottle-thrower-to-retire-after-european-championships |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=www.insidethegames.biz}}</ref>

During the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], Bosch was watching the final of the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|Men's 100 metres]] when a man threw a plastic bottle onto the track. Bosch punched the man, and he was detained by stewards.<ref name="5 August 2012">{{cite web |last=Ward |first=Victoria |title=Spectator arrested after bottle thrown at 100m final |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9454858/Spectator-arrested-after-bottle-thrown-at-100m-final.html |work=The Telegraph |date=5 August 2012 |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="6 August 2012">{{cite web |last=Fritsch |first=Oliver |title=Olympia-Splitter: Eine Judoka übt poetische Selbstjustiz, Becker zürnt, Transparenz beim DSV |url=http://blog.zeit.de/sport-blog/2012/08/06/boris-becker-bosch-poschmann_5729 |work=Die Zeit |date=6 August 2012 |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |author= |user= edithbosch|number= 232219603592413184 |date= 5 Aug 2012 |title= Edith Bosch |access-date= 6 August 2012 }}</ref>

Bosch retired from competitive judo in April 2013.<ref name=retirement>{{cite news |title=Bosch, a World Champion, Is Set to Retire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/sports/edith-bosch-a-world-champion-is-set-to-retire.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref> She subsequently took up [[CrossFit]].<ref name="boxrox">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxrox.com/edith-bosch-judo/ |title=Edith Bosch: Olympic Games Medals, Judo and Crossfit |author=Polona Fonda |date=5 April 2015 |website=boxrox}}</ref>

In 2013, she appeared on Dutch reality TV programme ''[[Expeditie Robinson 2013]]'', which she won.<ref name="AlgemeenDagblad">{{cite news |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1022/Celebs/article/detail/3561283/2013/12/12/Edith-Bosch-wint-Expeditie-Robinson-2013.dhtml |title=Edith Bosch wint Expeditie Robinson 2013 |date=2013-12-12 |newspaper=[[Algemeen Dagblad]]}} {{in lang|nl}}</ref> She lost {{convert|16|kg|lb}} over the programme's month of production.<ref name="boxrox" />

== References ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070609180222/http://www.sport.nl/overige/deelnemersfinder/ Dutch Olympic Committee]
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.edithbosch.nl/}} {{in lang|nl}}
* {{Sports links}}
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* {{The-Sports}}
* {{DatabaseOlympics}}
* "[https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ufc/2015/11/09/ronda-rousey-edith-bosch-judo-2008-olympics/75461696/ Meet the last woman to defeat Ronda Rousey]", Martin Rogers, ''USA Today'', 9 November 2015

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[[Category:Dutch female judoka]]
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[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands]]
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[[Category:Martial artists from North Holland]]
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[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in judo]]
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