Michael David Edwards, who is more commonly known as Eddie the Eagle, is an English ski jumper and Olympian. Edwards became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping in ...

“Some of you have even soared like an eagle,” said Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee during the Closing Ceremony of the 1988 Calgary Winter Games. He is, of ...

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From a cult hero ski jumper, to African bobsleigh pioneers and more, here are half a dozen unexpected heroes Michael “Eddie the Eagle” Edwards, was the antithesis of the Olympic high-flyer. Heavily ...