Join us for a brilliant evening of inspiration from Michael ‘Eddie the Eagle’ Edwards, one of the UK’s most well-known and bestloved Olympians. Find out more about the man behind the ski mask and the legend that is ‘Eddie the Eagle’! Michael will give a motivational talk based on his incredible experience of fighting to compete in the Calgary Winter Olympics 1988 as the UK’s unlikely ski-jumper.
The UK hadn’t entered a competitor into ski jumping for 60 years but, where there’s a will there’s a way, and Michael earned the right to compete in the Winter Olympics against all the odds…and the wishes of the winter sports establishment.
Eddie first represented Great Britain at the 1987 World Championships and was ranked 55th in the world. This performance qualified him, as the sole British applicant, for the 1988 Winter Olympics.