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
Eddie &quot;The Eagle&quot; Edwards
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.
The Jump
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.
Asbjørn Ruud
Asbjørn Ruud (6 October 1919 – 26 March 1989) was a Norwegian ski jumper.
 Together with his brothers Birger and Sigmund he dominated international ski jumping in the 1930s.
 Ruud won a gold medal at the 1938 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
 Eight years later, he won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival, the first held since the German occupation of Norway in 1940 during World War II.
 At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Ruud finished seventh in the individual large hill competition.
 For his ski jumping effort, he earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1948, the second of the three Ruud brothers to do so. Eddie the Eagle (film)
Eddie the Eagle is a 2016 biographical sports comedy-drama film directed by Dexter Fletcher.
 The film stars Taron Egerton as Eddie Edwards, a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping since 1929.
 Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Iris Berben and Jim Broadbent co-star.
 The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on 26 January 2016. Jim Denney (ski jumper born 1957)
Jim Denney (born 10 June 1957) is an American former ski jumper.
 During his active years, he won the US ski jumping championship in 1976 and 1980, competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics, the 1980 Winter Olympics, the 1978 World championships and won the World Cup normal hill event that year in Lahti, Finland.
 His hill record of 97.5 m., set at the now defunct Papoose Peak hill venue in Squaw Valley remains the last one recorded for the former Olympic ski jumping installation. Sigmund Ruud
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. Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann ( ; born 25 June 1981) is a Swiss ski jumper.
 He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals, in 2002 and 2010, and is the only ski jumper to have achieved the gold double–double at the Winter Olympics.
 Additionally he won the 2007 Ski Jumping World Championships; the 2010 Ski Flying World Championships; the 2010 Nordic Tournament; and the 2010 Ski Jumping World Cup. Peter Prevc
Peter Prevc (] ; born 20 September 1992) is a Slovenian ski jumper.
 He is one of the most successful contemporary athletes from Slovenia, having won the 2016 Ski Jumping World Cup, and finishing runner-up in 2014 and 2015.
 His other accomplishments include winning the 2016 Four Hills Tournament; the 2016 Ski Flying World Championships; three consecutive Ski Flying World Cup titles (2014, 2015 and 2016); silver and bronze medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics; silver and bronze at the 2013 Ski Jumping World Championships; bronze at the 2014 Ski Flying World Championships; and bronze with the Slovenian national team at the 2011 Ski Jumping World Championships. Sven Hannawald
Sven Hannawald (born 9 November 1974) is a German former ski jumper, motor racing driver, and footballer.
 In ski jumping he competed from 1992 to 2004, with his career best achievement being the winner of the 2002 Four Hills Tournament and becoming the only athlete in history to win all four events in the same tournament.
 He also finished runner-up twice in the World Cup season, won four medals at the Ski Jumping World Championships, as well as three medals each at the Winter Olympics and Ski Flying World Championships.
 After retiring from ski jumping, Hannawald played football for Kreisliga club TSV Burgau, and drove for Callaway Competition in the ADAC GT Masters series. Bigna Windmüller
Bigna Windmüller(born 27 February 1991) is a Swiss ski jumper with one FIS Ski Jumping World Cup podium as an individual.
 She is set to compete for Switzerland at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the premier of Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's normal hill individual.
 Ski jumper Sabrina Windmüller is her older sister and significant to her being in the sport.