Eddie the eagle edwards biography template
Eddie the eagle edwards biography.
Eddie Edwards is a British ski jumping champion who was the first (and only) competitor to represent Great Britain at the Winter Olympics in Ski Jumping.
Eddie the eagle edwards biography template
He became Britain’s 1st and only Olympic ski jumper and was fondly re-christened “Eddie the Eagle”.
Born Michael Edwards on December 5th 1963 (still a public holiday for casualty departments all over the world) in Cheltenham, Eddie was destined to carry on the family business and become a plasterer.
But at the age of 13 after a school skiing trip all that changed.
He got the skiing bug and as soon as he was old enough travelled to Europe to teach skiing in many of the winter resorts. He competed internationally in Alpine Skiing then decided to have a go at ski jumping and in just 2 years he was jumping off 90 metre and 120 metre jumps that seasoned ski jumpers take 10 years to work up to!
1997 Eddie represented Britain at the World Ski Jumping Championships at Oberstorf.
Then in 1988 he travelled to Calgary and represente