Eddie (the Eagle) Edwards, the bespectacled ski...

Eddie (the Eagle) Edwards, the bespectacled ski jump celebrity of the Winter Olympics, has recovered the skis that launched him to fame.

The unlikely hero of the British team, who gained international recognition when he finished last in the 90- and 70-meter jumps at Calgary, Canada, misplaced his favorite pair of skis after his final jump, and has only just located them.

Edwards said that a ski company had picked up the skis and taken them back to West Germany.