Talk:Eddie the Eagle

message: The article says he is short sighted. I always presummed he was long sighted - looking at his glasses suggests as such. Can anyone clarify this?
77.100.142.47 23:20, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Eyesight

message: The Eagle who dared to dream Claims in the "Fact File" that:
: He shocked officials in 1988 by qualifying for the event simply because no other Brit applied and because he recorded a 77 metre jump, small by Olympic standards, in Australia.
Is anyone able to verify this, and if so, at which resort the jump was? Andjam 03:16, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Qualified in Australia?

message: I vaguely remember these facts:
a) he didn't always jump the shortest distances
b) he had a unique jump style that involved having his skis apart, apparently giving him extra lift... but he ended up with atrocious style marks partly because of that.
c) at the next winter olympics all the competitors had adopted this skis-apart style... because it gave them longer distances...
Can anyone verify these? Did Eddie change the sport?
WolfKeeper 02:07, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was neither Eddie nor Matti Nykänen, it was Jan Boklöv. JdeJ 09:59, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: But other articles say Jan invented it in 1985. I don't remember V-style at Calgary, was it used, and was Eddie one of its adoptees? MMetro (talk) 21:20, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Didn't he change the jump style?

message: Is it correct to say that despite not being the best in the world, at the time of his Olympic entry, Eddie was the best ski jumper in Great Britain? If so, then it should be recorded. DavidFarmbrough 11:38, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: One of his Calgary jumps set a British record of 73.5m, so I think that it would be fair to say that he was the best ski jumper in Great Britain at the time. -- Derek Ross | Talk 05:21, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Best Of British? 

message: The link to the source for "Eaglettes and Fine Dining" (Source) actually states that there was no "fine dining" or adoring female entourage:
"An online encyclopedia says, "Edwards lived the high life in Calgary, fine dining and accompanied by an adoring female entourage of 'Eaglettes.'" Please, tell me more.
I wish! At the time, one of the hotels in Calgary was putting on a cabaret show based on the Games. When I became Eddie the Eagle the performers started calling themselves the Eaglettes. I went to watch the show one night and the Eaglettes dragged me up on stage for their final song.
They came to the ski hill on one competition day but they didn't follow me around. In fact, after I became [a phenomenon]. I wasn't allowed out of the Olympic village on my own. I had to be accompanied by officials.
There was no fine dining."
:Well that answers that.  If you find something as definitive as this its probably safe to go ahead and make the edit.  I'll take this out. --Atomicskier 23:27, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Eaglettes? Fine-Dining? No verification

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Eddieedwards.JPG

message: Currently the article states the following:
Edwards was handicapped by his weight - at about 82 kg (181 lb), more than 9 kg (20 lb) heavier than the next heaviest competitor - and by his lack of financial support for training - he was totally self-funded - and so he finished last in both the 70 m and 90 m events
To me, the use of the word 'so' implies that these were the only two reasons that he came last. I would suggest that this is opinion (there are surely other reasons which may have contributed to his performance level, not least natural talent.) I would suggest that this be split into two factual sentences. I'll change this in a couple of days if there are no objections.  Ged UK 16:14, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reasons for poor performance 

message: When Eddie was interviewed by local TV stations during his visit to Calgary yesterday for the 20th anniversary celebrations, he mentioned that in point of fact he didn't" come last, that apparently a French athlete actually finished ranked lower because of a broken leg. Can anyone verify this? 23skidoo (talk) 13:57, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That does vaguely ring a bell, but surprisingly the olympic site doesn't seem to have records. Ged UK (talk) 16:13, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Didn't finish last?

message: My memory of footage of the time (not reliable) is that Eddie had to wave his arms in circles as he went through the air, to correct his stance so that he would land the right way up. More skilled ski-jumpers took off right so that they didn't need to do this. And this was what gave him his "Eagle" name. 
This may all be a figment of my imagination;  but if anyone cam confirm it, I think it's worth mentioning. Maproom (talk) 21:33, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He certainly wobbled his arms, but I'm not sure if that's where he got the nickname from. I suspect that is was just an easy bit of journalism by some British media about the only person we'd ever had (or ever have!) who flew through the air quite like that! I'll have a look see if i can find anything. Ged UK (talk) 22:12, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Arm-flapping

message: "The Eagle" is surely a proper noun - there's only one Eagle and that is Eddie Edwards. Isn't this article misnamed? --kingboyk (talk) 18:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I;m not sure, but I was rather under the impression that it is a proper noun because the 'E' is capitalised. Unhelpfully, the wikilink doesn't talk about 'the' in a comparable context. Ged UK (talk) 18:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Moved. --kingboyk (talk) 15:12, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "the Eagle" 

message: That Eddie Edwards had a single make the UK top 50 is a total fiction. No such entry exists in the Guinness Book of UK Hit Singles, which includes the UK top 75, let alone the Top 50. I have deleted this line. Vauxhall1964 (talk) 21:25, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Top 50 single 

message: What is the source of a personal best of 115 m in 1997 (see infobox)? Hobbema (talk) 02:03, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal best 

message: I would like to point out that the statement "he narrowly missed the Great Britain team for that event for the 1984 Games" is totally false. In order to qualify for the British Senior Team, from which the Olympic team was selected, he would have first been in the British Junior team. I was a member of the Junior team from 1979-81, and had never heard of him until he became a ski jumper. It was, and still is, a small world, and it is simply impossible that neither I nor my former team mates would not have known him if he had been anywhere near selection for the Olympics.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.222.60.227 (talk) 21:07, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: 2017 comment