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5 days agoEddie the Eagle's First Ski Slope Is For Sale
The Gloucester Ski and Snowboard Centre, where Eddie the Eagle learned to ski, is for sale for $850,000.
Michael Eddie the Eagle Edwards, was the antithesis of the Olympic high-flyer. Heavily disadvantaged by his 82kg (181lb) weight far heavier than his rivals poor eyesight and the small matter of being entirely self-funded, he became Great Britain's first Olympic ski jumper. He finished 67th and last at the 1987 world championships but managed to hit the qualifying standard to secure the sole British spot for Calgary.