That became Judoka Edith Simon: On a day like any other – athlete: That became…

Never underestimate the outsider. A piece of wisdom that the British Dawn Netherwood would probably have taken better to heart at the 1980 World Cup. Edith Simon, who had just finished high school and enrolled to study medicine, was not on anyone’s radar screen. Nevertheless, the then 19-year-old sensationally cleared one favorite after the other in New York. “It was a strenuous but beautiful day. But actually it was a day like any other. It was very exciting to hear the national anthem. I was still a teenager,” says Simon.