Eddie the Eagle making Olympic history!

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Michael 'Eddie the Eagle' Edwards made history at the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. He became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. He finished last in both individual competitions, but his spirit and personality captured the imagination of the world.
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@Olympics 2 года назад

All the latest ski jumping news, videos and more: oly.ch/YTskijumping

@mikeshogunlee Год назад

If this guy is banned from the games, Why isn't he banned from the channel?

@yvonneylonen4881 2 года назад

A true Olympian. He embodies the spirit of the world.

@petesmart1983 2 года назад

Sadly the Olympics and fellow competitors hated him because they saw him make a mockery of the sport and actually was more popular than the top ski jumpers.

@Quintendejong123 2 года назад

Complete shitshow

@billyjack4131 2 года назад

If it weren't for the movie you'd have never even heard of him.... and here you talking about he's the spirit of the world 😂😂😂😂

@wilmaknickersfit 2 года назад

@@billyjack4131 I watched him compete and haven't seen the film. Maybe you're too young to remember him before the film. The IOC changed the rules after this Olympics so that it could not happen again. Sadly now you have to be in the top 30% or top 50 (which ever is less) to take part in the Olympics.

@martinh5402 Год назад

@@petesmart1983 that is spot on, unfortunately that was the feeling amongst the elite.

@dutchymon Год назад

He is the only ski jumper that I know by name!

@mohitlalwani3945 2 месяца назад

😂

@anthonyfoutch3152 Месяц назад

Rgwn without cheating what is his name? See you don't know.

@CantTellYou Месяц назад

🤔 I'm not sure that "the eagle" is his real name.... actually I don't think "Eddie" is even his real name either lol

@radicaljohn1 Год назад

Skied with Eddie quite few times and couldn’t believe how talented he was, completely fearless and a smashing bloke.

@PostControlla Год назад

🧢

@pozkodeth Год назад

@@PostControlla 🟫

@eskairdopatter 7 месяцев назад

Always thought he seemed like a decent guy. Such a pity he had to spoil it by lying about his promising alpine skiing career!

@teejay3272 Месяц назад

1988 was a different time. The coverage was nothing like it is today. So when this happened it was huge. He was huge. Rightfully so. Everyone was feeling the Olympic Spirit with Eddie the Eagle.

@mozer30 9 месяцев назад

If the film is true…then just imagine attempting a 90 meter jump for the first time, It must be terrifying…he did it on the world stage at the Olympics. What a hero!

@k.a.stensson Месяц назад

I think they took a lot of artistic liberties... for example. it wasn't a ski jump in Switzerland he met the coach and also got and opened the letter saying he was accepted into the Olympic team. it was at a Mental Hospital in Finland.

@robj8201 6 месяцев назад

Brave and a perfect example of what the Olympic spirit is all about…GB hero.

@abrakadavra3193 Год назад

My dad watched every ski jumping competition (ski jumping is really big here in Slovenia) and he'd always call us kids in the living room and even my mom watched when it was Eddie's time to jump. We always cheered for him because he was an underdog and very brave.

@Easy-Eight Год назад

I think 50% of the people cheering Eddie on were just waiting for a horrible crash.

@Some_Idiot_on_the_Internet Год назад

@@Easy-Eight Well that's part of the drama.

@billb7876 Год назад

We have just watched the film and enjoyed it a lot. We were fed a load of rubbish from the media back then as well

@FyodorUshakovSuka Год назад

@@Easy-EightBS. He was everymans hero. Always fighting and never giving up.

@colinlavery625 Год назад

@Easy-Eight No they were not !!!!!

@КристинаАйрапетян-р9л Месяц назад

Такие люди как Эдди Орел двигают Олимпийские игры вперед, ведь этот человек олицетворяет собой девиз: "Быстрее, выше, сильнее "

@lizOz0977 6 месяцев назад

This is one of my favorites stories of the olimpics

@liverpoolscottish6430 Год назад

Tungsten balls! Eddie The Eagle- what an inspiration, dedicated and courageous.*LEGEND!*

@Bobthedog679 2 месяца назад

true hero

@emilydiggle3653 2 года назад

Eddie is my grandad's cousin's son - only claim to fame for our family.

@Collect-Retro Год назад

I think that’s a fantastic claim, if you are in a movie you live forever!!

@ugli1440 Год назад

My Grandma use to be friends with Eddie, they use to ski together in Gloucester. lol

@emilydiggle3653 Год назад

@@ugli1440 no way! Cool

@sie4431 Год назад

So your second cousin once removed

@emilydiggle3653 Год назад

@@sie4431 yep exactly

@mkrbrtsn1 Год назад

To anyone criticizing him I would say , strap on a pair of skis, run down a 90 m slope and land on your skis.

@yorukkizigeziyor 2 года назад

Beautiful video 👍

@zoickn Год назад

He finished last but yet he is the most remembered. Who is the 1st winner again?

@oldinion Год назад

I guess Matti Nykänen isn't that well known outside Finland, but for us he was a legend for both Ski Jumping, and his antics after his sports career. watch?v=NNcyLhsFOm4

@lindameermann3760 Год назад

Matti Nykaenen and Janne Ahonen are very well known in Germany!

@eily_b Год назад

Matti Nykänen. He was an amazing ski jumper, dominating every ski jumping event at that time. But he struggled later in life, became an alcoholic and serial wedder, attacking his wives, being arrested multiple times and was even a suspect with one of his wives of stabbing a friend of both to death while they were drunk. He died in 2019. Still an alcoholic and a diabetic.

@martinh1309 Год назад

@@oldinion he is a much bigger name outside of Britain than Eddie the eagle.

@swampula Год назад

@@oldinionMatti Nykänen is a legend and always will be! Greetings from Switzerland

@jayvenables6956 3 месяца назад

I watched him jump out my back window from my house in Calgary in 1988 😊

@ditokelio7860 Год назад

He didn't get far because his balls weighed him down

@chris1.2 Год назад

he’s better at ski jump than 99.99 percent of people that have ever watched him.

@amina-pr8xt Год назад

There is no movie about the best Ski jumper (then and in general) Nykänen, but one about the worst...

@Johnneilson13 Год назад

Have you watched the movie?

@amina-pr8xt Год назад

@@Johnneilson13 what's your point? That Nykänen appears in that movie? It's still about Edwards

@Johnneilson13 Год назад

Chill Amin was just a question. It's a unique story is why it's been adapted into a film wouldn't you agree? There's no market for a film about Nkänen

@amina-pr8xt Год назад

@@Johnneilson13 that's the point...

@strangelee4400 Год назад

We all love an underdog story.

@GuyOnABuffalo82 2 месяца назад

He definitely wasn't doping!

@PittsKanal 8 месяцев назад

Eddie 👍👍

@marguskiis7711 Месяц назад

Van Halen did the song for him

@Ggg12236 Год назад

I can’t sneeeeeed

@RaceDayReplay Месяц назад

a bit rich celebrating Eddie after you changed the rules to stop people like him competing in the Olympics

@marguskiis7711 Месяц назад

RayGun anyone?

@littlecatfeet9064 Месяц назад

Who’s we? From letting men compete in weightlifting and boxing to making triathletes swim the Seine, and for always selectively enforcing drug bans, I’ve never approved of the IOC. But individuals deserve to be celebrated.

@RaceDayReplay Месяц назад

@@littlecatfeet9064completely ignoring my point

@littlecatfeet9064 Месяц назад

@@RaceDayReplay Not getting your point. You’ve identified a villainous “you” as compared to yourself, I suppose, so you must have lodged some protest against the rule changes. Where are you from anyway and how did you fight the rule change?

@kevvyworldnews2384 2 месяца назад

Yo ed where invite

@alikeshani9646 2 года назад

🇮🇷💚❤💙🤝🇬🇧

@traviis_04 2 года назад

🔥🔥🔥

@JarppaGuru 7 месяцев назад

matti nykänen won all. is that olympic history if country let you go competition. well its kinda but its easiest of all history. just need go

@papasou8932 2 года назад

2nd comment

@psyflaco2119 Месяц назад

Que vergüenza

@kevinmayhew8738 Год назад

They banned him because he was getting all the attention,this is the very ideal of the olympic spirit,but not in the eyes of the ioc.🤷‍♂️🇬🇧

@twosevenfourstroke7385 2 года назад

Let's not forget while eddie the eagle was making history of his own for England... Jamaica had just entered their 1st ever bobsled team that same year...in 1988

@paulg903 Год назад

Really? They should make films about both of these events

@eily_b Год назад

@@paulg903 🤡

@paulg903 Год назад

@@eily_b 😁

@doncolor3473 Год назад

@@paulg903 I am glad they did 😍 Found out today that there is one too of Eddie 🤗

@theprinceoftides6836 Год назад

Yup. Cool Runnings baby.

@ahoseason 2 года назад

He is a hero. he had the nerve and spirit to succeed at his goal and have fun doing it. Who needs to win all the time, is that all sport is about?

@andreaseriksson8803 Год назад

He's an inspiration for us all...

@giantidiot31 Год назад

Well... The Olympics *are* meant to be a display of absolute peak physical ability. It's also been used as a political device since the Cold War. Each country is meant to send their absolute best athletes.

@luketeahuru2867 Год назад

@@giantidiot31 yes however Eddie was the best in his country, because he was the only one

@giantidiot31 Год назад

@@luketeahuru2867 It's less common now, but many countries in the past would simply not participate if they only had amateurs or have never had the native conditions for that event. They made a comedy about the 1988 Jamaican Bobsledding team. I'd say that acknowledging your shortcomings (compared to other Olympians) and not participating is more respectable. It's just one of those things that we won't agree on, so arguing is pointless, y'know?

@1313tennisman 6 месяцев назад

@@giantidiot31 your username is spot on

@hman2912 Месяц назад

Ray Gun brought me here

@SuperMeanbeans 2 года назад

It was a disgrace that the IOC created a rule specifically to ban Eddie from competing in future Olympics

@samhandwich1326 Год назад

what was the rule?

@lurch5376 Год назад

@@samhandwich1326 it is dubbed the "Eddie The Eagle rule" and it basically made the entry requirements even stricter for aspiring olympians. Making it that athletes have to be in the top 30% of their respective sports on an international level.

@markwoldin162 Год назад

Why is Edwards beloved but the idiot rich Saudi skier was dismissed?

@crazypolite Год назад

@@lurch5376 seems like the appropriate response to this situation though does it not? Otherwise literally anybody could just sign up and compete. No disrespect to this Eddie guy, obviously he's got bigger balls than me to even try that

@strangelee4400 Год назад

@@crazypolite You could be the best in your country but still not in the top percentage on the international stage. This seems unfair to athletes who want to represent their country.

@DOI_ARTS Год назад

"He didn't win a medal but he sure did win a lot of hearts"

@nebbs Год назад

One of the greatest olympians for sheer spirit and enthusiasm. Legend.

@axemanracing6222 Год назад

I wouldn't mind going home from Olympics with nothing in the pocket but the national record.

@mickybrennan3489 Год назад

This guy had balls.

@user-pb2kg1ng4g Год назад

Thankfully he also had skis.

@chuck037 Месяц назад

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

@ObeyRoastMan Месяц назад

Can’t compare this guy to Raygun. Raygun stole a spot from a true Olympian. The only thing Eddie stole as our hearts.

@__-eo9nu 12 дней назад

After Eddie was vetoed from the Olympic Downhill skiing team for coming from a working class background, he made his way back by finding a sport that nobody else wanted to do. Raygun stole someone's spot using her husband to rig qualifying tournaments. They will never be the same.

@spaltersar Год назад

What a shame they banned him from any competition. A true legend.

@anthonyfoutch3152 Месяц назад

The other jumpers were jealous of Eddie.

@Blaze-vj6ng 23 дня назад

@@anthonyfoutch3152 they were probably afraid as well that there might be just that small chance that by sheer luck he could've got the better of them on the day. how humiliating would it be for you to have been taught since a child, have the best teachers, resources and experience available, only to be beaten by a guy who had fun and trained with nothing. there was no pressure on eddie to succeed, his competitors however...

@lisagreenway8410 Год назад

I am so proud to be British and I watched him make history at the Calgary 88 Games. He truly was an inspiration for everyone. It’s all about the taking part not the losing and he was simply amazing!.

@RB-ey6fm Год назад

He deserves a medal just for skiing down the slope

@valicourt 3 месяца назад

Laugh all you want but he held the British ski jumping record for 13 years!

@Ankitmaurya-dm9nc Год назад

I got know about him from the motivational movie Eddie the eagle 🦅 lots of love from india 🇮🇳❤️ A true sportsman with never giving up attitude

@tovemagnussen4423 Месяц назад

As a norwegian, I think he is a true sportsman! ❤❤❤

@angryoldcanadian3905 Год назад

never been into sports, don't ever watch the olympics, but I watched Eddie in the Calgary 88 olympics. I don't remember anyone elses name from those olympics, but Eddie is a legend and will always be remembered.

@oddsandwindsocks5905 Год назад

Heart of a lion Eddie had , total respect even going up that high .

@kirstyyyyy 2 года назад

Truly an Olympic legend

@nicholaspargeter6913 10 месяцев назад

I had 500 quid on him to win.

@Ron_Mcdon Год назад

while in the air i was like 'yea he's not going to land that' and as soon as he did, i cheered

@mrcaboosevg6089 Год назад

Everyone knows Eddie The Eagle in the UK, no one know the names of who got the gold, silver or bronze that year

@stormhawk3319 Год назад

Everyone remembers Eddie, hardly anyone remembers who won gold.

@15...A_a-a-a_A...15 Год назад

I'm impressed with his efforts. Sometimes goals don't have to be victory, just follow your dreams and have the confidence that you can achieve them, and ultimately be happy with what you've done without comparing yourself to anyone. I wish someone I knew would think this way.

@AC_Milan1899 Год назад

The guts you need to do that ...

@robertredfield2397 Год назад

I just watch this so many times, im inspired , i maybe not an athlete but you can learn something from this story

@salva6318 Год назад

We Love Eddie the Eagle, the Hero from Ski jumping

@kayenne221 10 месяцев назад

What an inspirational guy. Got 2 young ones to watch the movie, and these clips. They were in awe of Eddie, and his amazing achievement. Recognition was too short lived!

@Olympics 10 месяцев назад

His inspirational story stands the test of time 🔥

@cubanassassin1972 Год назад

I was 16 Eddie was awesome .

@avion430 Год назад

They really exaggerated in the movie

@edkedk5132 4 месяца назад

A true hero he was. He was the only reason I watched ski jumping

@worldview2134 4 месяца назад

I can’t imagine doing it with glasses on 😂

@pelimies1818 Год назад

Finland remembers Eddie forever!

@mezykin Месяц назад

Yesterday Rachael Gunn made history by scoring zero in breakdancing. The new Eddie The Eagle?

@js290 Месяц назад

similarly, USMNT run by bunch of soccer moms...

@SuperDuperHappyTime Месяц назад

No, because RayGun should have been caught by the Eddie the Eagle Rule.

@js290 Месяц назад

@@SuperDuperHappyTime Raygun be Making Eddie The Eagle Great Again

@marguskiis7711 Месяц назад

Ray Gun tried to be serious tho.

@djm9676 Год назад

Proves “you can do it” true Olympian 🦅

@1stNintendoCollector Год назад

Respect for Eddy the Eagle.

@marcelpolak248 Год назад

EDIIE BYL PROSTĚ BOŽÍ, ŠEL SI ZA SVÝM SNEM A DOKÁZAL VŠEM ,ŽE BÝT PRVNÍ NEZNAMENÁ BÝT VÍTĚZEM. JEHO SNAHA A VŮLE, TO JE VÍTĚZSTVÍ. ZA MĚ JE CÍSLO 1 A MOC SI HO VÁŽÍM. PŘEJI MU UPŘÍMNĚ JEN TO NEJLEPŠÍ. SUPER EDIIE.

@FyodorUshakovSuka Год назад

A real hero. He said that he was afraid to jump, but everytime he won the fear. My hero + Matti Nykänen... Greatest respect...❤

@jefo2405 Год назад

I remember me and mum cheering for him at the Ol' lympics. I remember only him jumping, so who became immortal? ;)

@Trebor74 Год назад

He was fine with the jumping. It was the landing that was the problem.

@soaringdragon3972 Месяц назад

Me watching this after the 2024 paris OLYMPICS disaster

@adrianharrison5208 9 месяцев назад

It was after this that the Olympics really showed what they were all about, basically lost all interest in them He should have been given the support that he needed.

@tonys4250 Месяц назад

All I can say is the guys got more guts than me there's no way I would even try it.

@littlecatfeet9064 Месяц назад

So much better than Raygun and I say this as an Aussie. He has real courage ❤

@bradlittle8047 Год назад

Absolute legend 🤘🏻 ❤️

@sen5908 Год назад

British hero, did he every get OBE or anything!

@luckybag6814 Год назад

@Sen I’m disappointed to say it appears he got no such recognition. But on the other hand, he was able to get £10,000 an hour for advertising and promotional work, so he got something for his troubles. 👍

@agt155 Год назад

He got CTE instead.

@paullacey2999 Год назад

The best motivational guy ever👍

@Orioncars 8 месяцев назад

Счастливый человек ❤❤❤❤❤. Мололец, Эдди! Отличный пример того, что не нужно никого слушать и твердо илти к своей мечте!)

@colinlavery625 Год назад

I remember Eddie the Eagle at Calgary all those years ago. All the world loved him. The movie nearly made me cry. The actor played Eddie brilliantly. A total disgrace that the IOC brought in that rule.

@Aidankiwi 11 месяцев назад

Quite, the IOC subverting their own ideals.

@watsonsatot6925 2 месяца назад

Eddie was not the only athlete that was making attention that year. The Jamaicans were also a headline 😂😂😂

@Deltabyyyuu 2 месяца назад

He once said the losers are the people who won't get off their backside, the winners are the ones that have a go.

@theresamcinnes5708 28 дней назад

Eddie didn't need a medal. He is the embodiment of who a champion is! More athletes should adopt his magnificent determination, grit, and spirit!

@craigblack7076 16 дней назад

All that without talent.

@-Bodybuilding- 2 года назад

Hero 👍

@camselle Месяц назад

In case anybody is wondering, Matti Nykänen won Gold 🥇🇫🇮 But who remembers THAT?

@agt155 Год назад

Little known fact - Eddie used a third ski to carry his enormous balls.

@jamesaaronmanarang 2 года назад

Love it!!

@nathanielgreer2764 25 дней назад

My favorite thing about Eddie the Eagle is how much he looks like Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys

@olly115 2 года назад

Cult legend

@madazza Год назад

UK's cool runnings

@VanessaGray_KingswayGlobal 9 месяцев назад

Thank you Eddie! Whenever i need a boost of courage to follow my dreams - I watch your movie!!! I love and admire your raw talent and taking the chance on yourself with the entire world watching. INSPIRATION SUPREME

@petelamb9965 7 месяцев назад

What a a true spirit he brought to the Olympics ❤

@paulgreen2416 18 дней назад

I remember watching Eddie as a kid. He's a national treasure 🇬🇧

@keefsmiff Год назад

Eddie also invented the window sill , what a ledge

@mc1993 Год назад

Anyone ever wonder if the creators of Trailer Park Boys created Bubbles off of Eddie the Eagle's likeness?

@zaiaisho6409 5 месяцев назад

Temerity. He has it. Eddie if you ever come across this comment, firstly Hello! and secondly it goes without saying that You Sir are amazing! With Love from Kitchener Ontario, Canada