Eddie The Eagle

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. The story of eddie edwards, the notoriously tenacious british underdog ski jumper who. A quarter century ago british plasterer-turned-ski jumper michael edwards made a name for himself—eddie the eagle—by not skiing or jumping very well at the winter olympics in calgary.

Feb 1, 2026ski jumper eddie 'the eagle' edwards tells his story of how he made the calgary 1988 winter olympic games less than two years after starting in the sport. When he came home, he was eddie the eagle. 15 hours agoeddie the eagle is a true story winter olympics movie starring hugh jackman & taron egerton released in 2016 by 20th century fox, eddie the eagle takes viewers back to the.

This inspirational film tells the true story of eddie "the eagle" edwards, who became england's unlikely ski-jump hero in the '88 olympics. Feb 5, 2026eddie 'the eagle' edwards made history at the 1988 winter olympics in more ways than one after soaring into the hearts of a nation. Feb 7, 2021eddie the eagle was one of the stars of the 1988 olympics in calgary.

Feb 6, 2026eddie the eagle – calgary 1988 having grown up where it rarely snowed, i was never a big fan of the winter olympics solely due to the fact i had nothing to relate to.