The Jump is a British television series that follows celebrities as they try to master various winter sports, which is Britain's first Olympic ski jumper, who in 1988 became the first competitor since 1929 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the 70 m and 90 m events?
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards
Title: Eddie &quot;The Eagle&quot; Edwards
Passage: Michael Edwards (born 5 December 1963), best known as "Eddie the Eagle", is a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor since 1929 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the 70 m and 90 m events.  He became the British ski jumping record holder, ninth in amateur speed skiing (106.8 mph ), and a stunt jumping world record holder for jumping over 6 buses.
Title: Sigmund Ruud
Passage: Sigmund Ruud (30 December 1907 – 7 April 1994) was a Norwegian ski jumper.  Together with his brothers Birger and Asbjørn, he dominated ski jumping in the 1920s and 1930s.  At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Sigmund earned a silver medal.  At the 1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won the ski jumping competition while earning a bronze at the 1930 event.  Sigmund also competed in the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival, which first began in 1933.  He also competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in the ski jumping event, but finished seventh due to appendicitis.  Additionally, Sigmund wanted to compete in the first alpine skiing events at the 1936 Winter Olympics, though he did not start.
Title: The Jump
Passage: The Jump is a British television series that follows celebrities as they try to master various winter sports including skeleton, bobsleigh, snowskates, ski cross, and giant slalom.  Davina McCall and Alex Brooker presented the first series, with McCall returning for future series.  Brooker did not return for future series however.  Winter Olympic skier Graham Bell and skeleton gold medallist Amy Williams put the celebrities through training in the UK and Austria.  Britain's first Olympic ski jumper, Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, appears live on the show to demonstrate the ski jump.
The Jump Eddie &quot;The Eagle&quot; Edwards