Career
At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he performed badly, coming last in the normal hill and 57th out of 59 on the large hill. He had converted from the parallel to the ski jumping techniques#V-style just a month previously. His poor performance gave him the nickname "Espen the Eagle", based on British ski jumper Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards.
Bredesen twice beat the world ski flying record with jumps of 209 meters (1994) and 210 meters (1997).
He was awarded in 1994 (shared with Ljubov Egorova and Vladimir Smirnov). Standings Wins Bredesen"s statement after his first world record in Planica 1994 when he jumped 209m:.
