The Most Famous
SKIERS from United Kingdom
This page contains a list of the greatest British Skiers. The pantheon dataset contains 817 Skiers, 3 of which were born in United Kingdom. This makes United Kingdom the birth place of the 23rd most number of Skiers behind Liechtenstein, and Estonia.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary British Skiers of all time. This list of famous British Skiers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Eddie the Eagle (b. 1963)
With an HPI of 63.44, Eddie the Eagle is the most famous British Skier. His biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.
Michael David Edwards (born 5 December 1963), better known as Eddie the Eagle, is an English ski jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the Normal Hill and Large Hill events. He held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001. He also took part in amateur speed skiing, running at 106.8 km/h (66.4 mph), and became a stunt jumping world record holder for jumping over 6 buses. In 2016, he was portrayed by Taron Egerton and Tom and Jack Costello in the biographical film Eddie the Eagle.
2. Gus Kenworthy (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 38.62, Gus Kenworthy is the 2nd most famous British Skier. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages.
Augustus Richard Kenworthy (born October 1, 1991) is a British-American former freestyle skier, actor, and YouTuber. He has competed in slopestyle, halfpipe, and big air. Kenworthy won the silver medal in men's slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. As of 2019 Kenworthy represents Great Britain. He was cast as Chet Clancy in the ninth season of the horror anthology series American Horror Story: 1984.
3. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (b. 1974)
With an HPI of 33.04, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is the 3rd most famous British Skier. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (born 19 December 1974), nicknamed "The Snow Leopard", is a retired Ghanaian skier and is the first person from Ghana to take part in the Winter Olympics, which he did at the 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver, British Columbia taking part in the slalom. He finished 53rd out of 102 participants, of whom 54 finished.
4. Menna Fitzpatrick (b. 1998)
With an HPI of 29.20, Menna Fitzpatrick is the 4th most famous British Skier. Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Menna Fitzpatrick MBE (born 5 May 1998) is a British alpine skier. She is visually impaired having only 5% vision and formerly skied with guide Jennifer Kehoe until 2021. They competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang in March 2018 where they took four medals, including a gold in the slalom, making Fitzpatrick Team GB's most decorated Winter Paralympian.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as British skiers born between 1963 and 1998. Of these 4, 4 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living British skiers include Eddie the Eagle, Gus Kenworthy, and Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong. As of April 2024, 2 new British skiers have been added to Pantheon including Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, and Menna Fitzpatrick.
Living British Skiers
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Eddie the Eagle
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.44
Gus Kenworthy
1991 - Present
HPI: 38.62
Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong
1974 - Present
HPI: 33.04
Menna Fitzpatrick
1998 - Present
HPI: 29.20
