Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards

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British sports personality Olympic athlete human ski jumper

Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards is a British ski jumper famous for his underdog appearance and last-place finishes at the 1988 Winter Olympics, which made him a beloved cult figure in sports history.

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Label	Occurrences
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards canonical	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3033492 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards
Context triple: [1988 Winter Olympics, notableParticipant, Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards]

A. Ryan Edwards
Ryan Edwards is a professional footballer best known as an English defender who has played for several clubs in the English Football League and Scottish Premiership.
B. Danny O'Neill
Danny O'Neill is the charming, jazz-loving bandleader protagonist of the 1940 musical film "Second Chorus," portrayed by Fred Astaire.
C. Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe was a prolific American film director best known for his long tenure at MGM, where he directed numerous popular features from the 1930s through the 1950s, including classics like "Ivanhoe" and "Knights of the Round Table."
D. Iwan Edwards
Iwan Edwards is a renowned Welsh-born Canadian choral conductor and educator known for his influential work with choirs in Montreal and across Canada.
E. Andrew Eaton
Andrew Eaton is a British film and television producer known for co-founding Revolution Films and working on acclaimed projects such as "24 Hour Party People" and "The Trip."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards
Target entity description: Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards is a British ski jumper famous for his underdog appearance and last-place finishes at the 1988 Winter Olympics, which made him a beloved cult figure in sports history.

A. Ryan Edwards
Ryan Edwards is a professional footballer best known as an English defender who has played for several clubs in the English Football League and Scottish Premiership.
B. Danny O'Neill
Danny O'Neill is the charming, jazz-loving bandleader protagonist of the 1940 musical film "Second Chorus," portrayed by Fred Astaire.
C. Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe was a prolific American film director best known for his long tenure at MGM, where he directed numerous popular features from the 1930s through the 1950s, including classics like "Ivanhoe" and "Knights of the Round Table."
D. Iwan Edwards
Iwan Edwards is a renowned Welsh-born Canadian choral conductor and educator known for his influential work with choirs in Montreal and across Canada.
E. Andrew Eaton
Andrew Eaton is a British film and television producer known for co-founding Revolution Films and working on acclaimed projects such as "24 Hour Party People" and "The Trip."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British sports personality ⓘ Olympic athlete ⓘ human ⓘ ski jumper ⓘ
birthDate	1963-12-05 ⓘ
birthPlace	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England ⓘ linked to: Cheltenham
competedIn	1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalStatus	cult hero in Olympic history ⓘ symbol of perseverance in sport ⓘ
event	70 metre ski jump ⓘ 90 metre ski jump ⓘ
fameReason	cult status as an Olympic underdog ⓘ media attention for perseverance despite poor results ⓘ
filmReleaseYear	2016 ⓘ
fullName	Michael Edwards ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Michael ⓘ
hasAutobiography	true ⓘ
hasResidence	United Kingdom ⓘ
inspired	changes to Olympic qualification rules in ski jumping ⓘ
knownFor	optimistic personality ⓘ thick glasses and unconventional appearance ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaRole	television personality ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
nickname	Eddie the Eagle ⓘ
notableFor	finishing last in events at the 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ participation in the 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ underdog status in ski jumping ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ motivational speaker ⓘ ski jumper ⓘ
OlympicTeam	Great Britain ⓘ
participationType	individual male ski jumping events ⓘ
portrayedBy	Taron Egerton ⓘ
result	last place in 70 metre ski jump at 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ last place in 90 metre ski jump at 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ
sport	ski jumping ⓘ
subjectOf	film "Eddie the Eagle" ⓘ linked to: Eddie the Eagle various television documentaries ⓘ
woreGlassesWhileCompeting	true ⓘ