PLENARY ONE OPENINGSESSION EDDIE ‘THE EAGLE’ EDWARDS GREAT BRITAIN’S FIRST OLYMPIC SKI JUMPER
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Kicking off the Annual Conference in style, Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards joined us to discuss his interesting and eventful life, and to show how his perseverance in the face of adversity always paid off in the end.
Eddie was ranked 55th in the world, meaning that he was the only applicant from Great Britain for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Eddie went on to come last in both the seventy metre and ninety metre ski jumping events, but whilst doing so, captured both the hearts and imagination of the British public. The session featured a reel of some of the highlights of Eddie’s life and it was apparent just how much he has achieved — from becoming a popstar in Finland to being dressed as a rubber chicken in the Masked Dancer earlier this year. In addition to this, a hugely successful film was released in 2016, which centred on Eddie’s life.
Delegates will have left the session feeling invigorated and as if they could tackle anything they wanted to if they put their mind to it.
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