295: Winter Olympics Special #2 | Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards

295: Winter Olympics Special #2 | Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards

Host Iain Martin is joined by Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards – who at the 1988 Calgary Games became famous across the world for having the courage and determination to take on the challenge of Olympic ski jumping.

His story was made into a movie in 2015, starring Hugh Jackman and Taron Edgerton.

Eddie tells us about flying to movie premieres in private jets, how he’s disappointed that Team GB seem to disown him and the parallels he sees in the determination to compete shown by Lindsey Vonn.

SHOW NOTES

Listen to Iain’s previous interview with Eddie from 2019 (1:00)
Eddie has watched the ‘Eddie The Eagle’ movie over 150 times (1:30)
Taron Edgerton nailed Eddie’s mannerisms and voice (2:15)
Hugh Jackman asking for a selfie with Eddie (3:30)
Memories of the Opening Ceremony at Calgary in 1988 (5:30)
Readly - the digital magazine and newspaper app – has launched a retro Winter Olympics Games series (8:00)
Readly’s survey placed Eddie 3rd behind the Jamaican bobsleigh team Torville and Dean in 1984 in a list of most memorable winter Olympic moments (8:30)
GB Snowsports CEO Vicky Gosling said ‘The Eddie the Eagle days are over’ (10:00)
Can British athletes draw lessons from Eddie’s experience? (10:30)
Eddie on Lindsey Vonn (13:00)

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