Legendary
British Olympic athlete.
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards was Britain's first (and only) Olympic
ski jumper, and appeared in the 1988
Winter Olympics in
Calgary, where he achieved a stunning 55th place.
Still, for the duration of that event he was hailed as a national hero; a song "Fly Eddie Fly" made it into the UK top 50 singles chart, and a good time was had by all.
Actual achievments of Eddie's include:
International Alpine Skier
Represented Britain at 1987 World Championships, Oberstdorf
Represented Britain at 1988 Winter Olympics, Calgary
British National Ski jumping Record holder
55th in World Ski jumping
World No 9 in Amateur Speed-skiing (106.8mph)
Stunt Jumping World Record Holder (10 cars/6 buses)
Eddie, I salute you. See also Sports that the British are good at. Apparently someone is making a film of his life story. Hmm..