Eddie The Eagle / 2016
Eddie The Eagle is an upcoming movie.Hugh Jackman trains Britain's Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards (Taron Egerton) for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta.Michael Edwards better known as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, is a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. At the time, he was the British ski jumping record holder (a record later broken by others[1][2]), the world number nine in amateur speed skiing, (106.8 mph) and the stunt jumping world record holder Finishing last in the 70m and 90m events, he became famous as an example of an underdog or "heroic failure", and of perseverance and achievement without funding.
Eddie The Eagle is an upcoming movie.Hugh Jackman trains Britain's Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards (Taron Egerton) for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta.Michael Edwards better known as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, is a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. At the time, he was the British ski jumping record holder (a record later broken by others[1][2]), the world number nine in amateur speed skiing, (106.8 mph) and the stunt jumping world record holder Finishing last in the 70m and 90m events, he became famous as an example of an underdog or "heroic failure", and of perseverance and achievement without funding.