Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards made history at the 1988 Winter Olympics in more ways than one after soaring into the hearts of a nation. The 62-year-old became the first athlete to ...

Former ski jumper Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards answers readers questions about the 1988 Winter Olympics and having his life made into a movie ...

Athletes prepare for years, often their whole careers, for an event as defining as an Olympic Games. But one of Britain's most famous Winter Olympians had just 22 months' preparation before stepping ...

Eddie the Eagle wasn’t your regular athlete. When he competed in the 1988 Calgary Olympic Games, he had only trained for 22 months (most athletes start training as children), during which he ...

Michael Edwards, famously known as “Eddie the Eagle,” has transitioned from Olympic ski jumper to small-time actor as he expands his repertoire. Edwards, who became Britain’s first Olympic ski jumper ...

The Winter Olympics cult hero on horrific injuries he sustained ski jumping, proving people wrong and what he wants to do on his 100th birthday ...

Ski jumping straddles a slender line between majesty and masochism. Long before the latest eye-watering suggestions of the sport’s leading men injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to become ...

When the Winter Olympics make it to the silver screen, the theme is usually inspiration.

Taron Egerton plays UK cult hero Eddie the Eagle in a likeable Winter Olympics biopic you can currently stream for free on BBC iPlayer.