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Eddie the Eagle is a 2015 biographical sports comedy-drama film directed by Dexter Fletcher.The film stars Taron Egerton as Michael Edwards, a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping since 1928.
Michael David Edwards (born 5 December 1963), [1] better known as Eddie the Eagle, is an English ski jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the Normal Hill and Large Hill events. He held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001.
Pages in category "Films about Olympic ski jumping" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
Ready to fly is an American documentary by William A. Kerig following the true story of the fight of American women's ski jumping athletes Lindsey Van, the rest of her U.S. Women's Ski jumping Team members, Jessica Jerome, Alissa Johnson, Abby Hughes, Sarah Hendrickson and many other elite ski jumping athletes around the world to be part of the Olympic Winter Games.
Jinya Nishikata is part of Japan's Large Hill ski jumping team at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, which has to settle for silver medal as his teammate Masahiko Harada fails his final jump. Nishikata proceeds to train for the 1998 Winter Olympics, which will be held in his home Nagano Prefecture. However, he gets injured during ...
He appears on a Korean television program in search of his mother. Since Heon-tae is a trained alpine skier, he is approached by Coach Bang who wants to recruit members for a new national ski jumping team for the approaching 1998 Winter Olympics. The other members are Choi Hong-cheol, a night club waiter who quit being an athlete for drugs; Ma ...
Jasper Pääkkönen as Matti Nykänen, a four-time Olympic gold medalist [3] Peter Franzén as Nick Nevada, a character based on Mike Sierra, Nykänen's manager [4] Elina Hietala as Taina; Juha Veijonen as Maisteri, based on Matti Pulli, a ski jumping coach [5] Elina Knihtilä as Mirva, based on Mervi Tapola [5] Jope Ruonansuu as Oksanen
Films about Olympic ski jumping (5 P) Films about Olympic skiing (2 P) Pages in category "Skiing films" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.