Tim Henman retires

[Tomcat]

what happened to Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, another famous loser

[daveduke007]

 Eddie never thought he was good, in fact he took the "piss" out of himself.
He certainly enjoyed himself and the limelight for a while

Olympic Ski-Jumper and all round legend...

EDDIE THE EAGLE - the world€™s favourite ski-jumper - came back to Britain several years ago after spending three years living and working in Lake Placid, New York State. His stories of how he became an unlikely superstar have had audiences in stitches on both sides of the Atlantic.

He is ideal for personal appearances where his warm and affable personality always makes him many friends.

(Eddie€™s date of birth - December 5th 1963- is still a Public Holiday for Casualty Departments all over the world).

He is now studying to enter the legal profession.

[daveduke007]

More on Eddie  

SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS

Britain's first (and only) Olympic Ski jumper

International Alpine Skier

Represented Britain at 1987 World Championships, Oberstdorf

Represented Britain at 1988 Winter Olympics, Calgary

British National Ski-jumping Record holder

55th in World Ski jumping

World No 9 in Amateur Speed-skiing (106.8mph)

Stunt Jumping World Record Holder (10 cars/6 buses)

 

TV AND RADIO WORK

Radio 5 presenter on:

MONEY TALK

THE EAGLE DARES

NOW THE GOOD NEWS

Commentator for ABC Sports, USA

World Championships, Lahti, Finland

Appeared on literally hundreds of Radio and TV Shows all over the globe.

TV Show appearances include:

THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW (USA)

THE TERRY WOGAN SHOW

WIDE WORLD OF SPORT (AUSTRALIA)

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT (USA)

PERSONAL APPEARANCES

Eddie still has one of the most instantly recognisable faces and names in World sport, across all age groups. He has opened....

THE BEAST (Alton Towers)\ THE AVALANCHE (Blackpool Pleasure Beach)\THE SUPER LOOPER (Pleasure Park, Sweden)\ THE EAGLE WATCH (Atlanta)\ CRYSTAL PEAKS SHOPPING CENTRE (Sheffield) and the odd Supermarket!

MUSICAL SUPERSTAR

FLY EDDIE FLY reached the Top 50 in England and MUN NIEMI EN EETU made Number TWO in the charts in Finland. MR ED, a rap song, appeared on a charity album

AFTER DINNER SPEAKlNG

He has regularly hosted OLYMPIC CHALLENGE corporate events held in LAKE PLACID, New York State, by the American OLYMPIC REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY and has been a guest speaker for hundreds of companies throughout the USA and Europe, including....

KODAK

CHEVY TRUCKS

CBS

DIGITAL COMPUTER

SAMSUNG

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

UPS

IBM

THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE and many many more.

ADVERTISING

Eddie has been featured in many advertisements and advertising campaigns, including the following companies or products....

FORD ORION

HANSON TRUST

NEWS OF THE WORLD

DAILY MAIL

SPECSAVERS

YELLOW PAGES

PUNCH

WOMEN'S OWN

CLUB 18-30 (He lied about his age)

ROYAL MAIL

PANASONIC

FOSTERS

LABATTS

COCA COLA

CHARITIES

Eddie devotes much of his time to charity and fund-raising efforts for worthy causes and is an ever-present at charity golf days and for the Showbiz XI Football Team.

[Tomcat]

Your not his long lost Uncle by any chance are you Dave....

Anyway another one for you... Newcastle United Football team , they are always on about they are a big club but what have they accomplished... nothing...
What a load of bollocks they talk up there!

At least West Ham won the World Cup in 1966.

[daveduke007]

 LOL

[allstar88]

you must get out more dave,youve got me worried about this eddie the eagle fixation having said that did you know theres a film coming out about eddie the eagle and he ended up skint as all his family fleeced his money

[allstar88]

(Tomcat @ Sep. 26 2007,23:17) Your not his long lost Uncle by any chance are you Dave....

Anyway another one for you... Newcastle United Football team , they are always on about they are a big club but what have they accomplished... nothing...
What a load of bollocks they talk up there!

At least West Ham won the World Cup in 1966.

  the mags also say they have always filled their ground which is bollox ive been at st.james' in the 80s before keegan and theres been 10,000 in the ground,mind you they were only playing city

[SPIRIT CRUSHER]

Salute to Tiger Tim, he will be missed. He was a great ambassador for GB tennis and is far classier then our leyton hewitt except for maybe that ball girl incident at wimbledon

He is one of a dying breed of serve and volley players and with the faster courts being slowed down to cater to bigger stronger baseline players as evidenced by his loss to feliciano lopez at wimbledon this year and his career winding down i guess it's no shock he finally made the decision to throw in the towel.

Was great to see him fulfill his role in the davis cup one last time

[allstar88]

looks like we will have to cheer on sick note (murray)from now on !?