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Eddie the Eagle
Michael Edwards riding a ski lift in
Calgary
,
Alberta
,
Canada
in March 2017
Country
Great Britain
Full name
Michael Edwards
Born
5 December 1963
(age 57)
Cheltenham
, England
Height
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
World Cup career
Seasons
1987
–
1989
Updated on 17 December 2018.
Michael Edwards (born 5 December 1963), known as "Eddie the Eagle", is an English ski-jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor since 1928 to
represent Great Britain
in
Olympic ski jumping
, finishing last in the
70 m
and
90 m
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.
In 2016, he was portrayed by
Taron Egerton
and Tom and Jack Costello in the biographical film
Eddie the Eagle
.
Background
Edwards was born in
Cheltenham
,
Gloucestershire
. His family calls him by his given name, Michael. "Eddie" is a nickname derived by schoolfriends from his surname. After a taste of skiing on a school trip aged 13, he developed his skills on dry slopes, then worked for a season at
Glenshee
in Scotland. Having not made the grade as a downhill skier, he switched to ski jumping as there were no other British ski jumpers with whom to compete for a place.
Edwards began jumping under the supervision of John Viscome and Chuck Berghorn in
Lake Placid, New York
, using Berghorn's equipment, although he had to wear six pairs of socks to make the boots fit. He was disadvantaged by his weight—at about 82 kg (181 lb, 12st 13lb), more than 9 kg (20 lb) heavier than the next heaviest competitor—and by his lack of financial support for training, being totally self-funded. Another problem was that he was very
nearsighted
, wearing thick glasses under his goggles, which would mist up at altitude.
Edwards first represented Great Britain at the
1987 World Championships
in
Oberstdorf
in
Bavaria
,
West Germany
, and was ranked 55th in the world. This performance qualified him as the sole British applicant for the
1988 Winter Olympics ski jumping
competition. He received confirmation of his qualification for the games while working as a plasterer and temporarily residing in a Finnish mental hospital, due to lack of funds for alternative accommodation rather than as a patient.
Edwards' jump of 71m at Calgary in the Winter Olympics was then a British record (now 134.50m held by
Halifax
-born
Sam Bolton
). His Olympic jump still puts him
sixth on the all-time list of British ski jumpers
.
1988 Winter Olympics
During the
1988 Winter Olympics
in
Calgary
, Edwards competed in and finished last in both the
70 m
and
90 m
events. In the 70 m, he scored 69.2 points from two jumps of 61.0 m; second-last
Bernat Solà Pujol
of Spain scored 140.4 points from 71 m and 68.5 m jumps; winner
Matti Nykänen
of Finland had 229.1 points from 89.5 m jumps. In the 90 m, Edwards scored 57.5 points from 71 m and 67 m jumps; second-last Todd Gilman of Canada had 110.8 points from 96 m and 86.5 m; Nykänen won again, with 224 points from 118.5 m and 107 m.
From the beginning, the press version of his story was "embroidered with falsehoods".They said I was afraid of heights. But I was doing sixty jumps a day then, which is hardly something someone who was afraid of heights would do."
His lack of success endeared him to people around the globe. He subsequently became a media celebrity and appeared on talk shows around the world, appearing on
The Tonight Show
during the Games. The press nicknamed him "
Mr. Magoo
", and one Italian journalist called him a "ski dropper".
At the closing ceremony, the president of the Organizing Committee, Frank King, singled out Edwards for his contribution. King said, looking at the competitors, "You have broken world records and you have established personal bests. Some of you have even soared like an eagle."
"Eddie the Eagle" Rule
Following the widespread attention that Edwards received in Calgary shortly after the Olympics finished, the entry requirements were made stricter, making it nearly impossible for anyone to follow his example: the
International Olympic Committee
(IOC) instituted what became known as the Eddie the Eagle Rule, which requires Olympic hopefuls to compete in international events and be placed in the top 30% or the top 50 competitors, whichever is fewer.
Edwards failed to qualify for the
1992 Winter Olympics
in
Albertville
,
France
, and the
1994 Games
in
Lillehammer
,
Norway
. He got a five-year sponsorship from Eagle Airlines, a small British charter company, to support his attempt to reach the
1998 Games
in
Nagano
,
Japan
, but failed to qualify for those as well.
Return to Calgary and other media appearances
On 13 February 2008, Edwards made a return visit to Calgary to take part in festivities marking the twentieth anniversary of the Games. During his visit, he rode the zip-line at
Canada Olympic Park
with a member of the
Jamaican bobsled team
(the ride simulates the speed of a ski-jumper) and led a procession of skiers down the slopes of the park while carrying an
Olympic torch
.
[
Edwards was chosen as a torchbearer in the relay for the
2010 Vancouver Olympics
. He ran with the torch on 7 January 2010 in
Winnipeg
.
Edwards released a book (and a video) called
On the Piste
.In 1991, he recorded a single in Finnish entitled "Mun nimeni on Eetu" ("My name is Eetu"), B-sided with "Eddien Siivellä" ("On Eddie's Wing") though he does not speak Finnish. Edwards learned the lyrics phonetically and the song reached no.2 in the Finnish charts.
[18]
The songs were written by Finnish singer
Irwin Goodman
.
In the same year (1991), Edwards completed a charity ski jump at a ski slope in Christchurch, Dorset. He raised £23,000 for BBC Children in Need by jumping over 10 cars using a ski jump made of scaffolding.
Edwards appeared in a number of advertising campaigns, e.g. on television, promoting cars, and commanded fees of £10,000 an hour. Nevertheless, he declared bankruptcy in 1992, claiming that a trust fund for his earnings was not set up properly.In 2003, he graduated from
De Montfort University
in Leicester with a degree in law. "I've been interested in law since taking out a civil action against my trustees 10 years ago," he said in a 2001 interview.
On 25 February 2012, he appeared as a competitor on episode 2 of
BBC1
's
Let's Dance for Sport Relief
, 2012
and got through to the final on most public votes. His performances were accompanied by the
Royal British Legion Band & Corps Of Drums Romford
.
In 2013, he won the first series of the British celebrity diving programme
Splash!
, mentored by
Tom Daley
.
In January 2014, he commentated on the
Channel 4
TV programme
The Jump
,where 12 famous people took part in winter sports.As part of each episode, Edwards jumped off the largest of three ski jumps. In the same year, he appeared as a guest on the
ITV2
comedy show
Fake Reaction
.
Edwards prior to his first jumps in 15 years at the site of the 1988 Winter Olympics.
In 2017, he returned to the ski jumping facilities at
Canada Olympic Park
, where he had taken part in the Olympics in 1988, to make some jumps that were his first in over 15 years.
In 2021, Edwards appeared on the UK version of
The Masked Dancer
masked as Rubber Chicken. He was the fourth celebrity to be unmasked.
Biopic
A biopic chronicling the life story of Edwards had been planned by Irish director
Declan Lowney
since 2007. Comedian
Steve Coogan
was originally chosen for the title role,but in 2009 Lowney announced that
Rupert Grint
would instead play the part. The film was scheduled to begin production once Grint completed work on
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
and
Part 2
, but did not go ahead.
In March 2015, it was announced that
20th Century Fox
had acquired the film, with
Taron Egerton
and
Hugh Jackman
starring and
Dexter Fletcher
directing, from a screenplay by Sean Macaulay and Simon KeltonEgerton would portray the adult Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, Tom and Jack Costello younger versions of Edwards, while Jackman would portray his coach, Bronson Peary. It was later announced that
Christopher Walken
had also joined the film, portraying the role of Bronson Peary's mentor.
The film,
Eddie the Eagle
, was released in early 2016 and grossed a worldwide total of .1 million. In the UK, it grossed .8m making it the highest grossing British film of 2016. On
Rotten Tomatoes
, the film has a rating of 82% based on 197 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10.
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