Eddie the Eagle

Eddie the Eagle
Eddie the Eagle
	Michael Edwards riding a ski lift in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in March 2017
Country	Great Britain
Full name	Michael David Edwards
Born	5 December 1963 (age 60); Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
World Cup career
Seasons	1987–1989
	Updated on 17 December 2018.

Michael David Edwards (born 5 December 1963),^[1] better known as Eddie the Eagle, is an English ski jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the Normal Hill and Large Hill events. He held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001. He also took part in amateur speed skiing, running at 106.8 km/h (66.4 mph), and became a stunt jumping world record holder for jumping over 6 buses.^[2]

In 2016, he was portrayed by Taron Egerton and Tom and Jack Costello in the biographical film Eddie the Eagle.

^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards". UK After Dinner Speakers and Motivational Speakers. Now You're Talking. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[1] "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[2] "Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards". UK After Dinner Speakers and Motivational Speakers. Now You're Talking. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

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