Too bad...

... he never won anything. He was a god awful jumper. He didn't even place in his entire career. He got into the Calgary olympics not because of skills. He got in because he was ranked as 55th of the world at the world championships.

That the IOC was then basically forced to install a rule that required participants to place in world cup events was the best thing he achieved. It kept unskilled attention grabbers like him away from the sport.

And before anyone whines "he wasn't unskilled!" Yeah, he was. Compared to even mediocre jumpers he was pretty much a safety hazard. He set the British jumping record in Calgary with a jump that put him into last position of the entire field of competitors. He then failed to qualify ever again.

The hype is utterly ridiculous.