# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-the-eagle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:47:35.891Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-the-eagle"
name: "Eddie the Eagle"
slug: "eddie-the-eagle"
description: "Michael David Edwards, better known as Eddie the Eagle, or Eddie Edwards is an English ski jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. Despite finishing last in the Normal Hill and Large Hill events, he held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001. He also took part in amateur speed skiing, running at 106.8 km/h (66.4 mph), and became a stunt jumping world record holder for jumping over 6 buses."
tagline: "British ski jumper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddie_%22The_Eagle%22_Edwards_in_Calgary_2017-03-05_(crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           63.04
  momentum:             10
  historical:           25.93405333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1638040/"
    handle:    "nm1638040"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://eddie-the-eagle.co.uk"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eddie Edwards (schansspringer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eddie Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eddie Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Edwards"
    title: "Michael Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Эдвардс, Эдди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump