Edith Bosch

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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.[1] She was also European champion that year. Bosch became world champion in the same [[2005 World Judo Championships – Women's 70 kg|Template:Nbnd70 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 (Template:Langx) 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 Template:Convert over the programme's month of production.[8]

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