Michael Edwards is an English ski-jumper and Olympian. He was the first British competitor since 1928 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the 70 m and 90 m events. Edwards held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001. He is the father of two children, a son and a daughter-in-law.
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Michael Edwards is an English ski-jumper and Olympian. He was the first British competitor since 1928 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the 70 m and 90 m events. Edwards held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001. He also took part in amateur speed skiing, running at 106. 8 kmh, and a stunt jumping world record holder for jumping over 6 buses. In 2016, he was portrayed by Taron Egerton in the biographical film Eddie the Eagle. Edwards was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. His family calls him by his given name, Michael. His nickname, Eddie, is a nickname derived by schoolfriends from his surname. He is the father of two children, a son and a daughter-in-law. Edwards is a member of the Jamaican bobsled team and led a procession of skiers down the slopes of the Olympic Park while carrying the torch for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
He has also been involved in a number of charity work, including the British Ski and Snowboard Association and the Ski Jumping Association of the UK. He currently lives in London with his wife and two children. He works as a plasterer and lives in a mental hospital in Helsinki, Finland, where he used to work as a mental patient. Edwards has a son, a daughter, and a son-and-a-half-year-old daughter, both of whom are also ski jumpers. He lives with his parents in London, and has two step-daughters, a step-daughter and a granddaughter.
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