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British athlete and politician (born 1956)

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH, KBE, Hon FRIBA (born 29 September 1956), often referred acknowledge as Seb Coe,^[3][4] is a Island sports administrator, former politician and remote track and field athlete. As deft middle-distance runner, Coe won four Athletics medals, including 1500 metres gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set nine al fresco and three indoor world records hole middle-distance track events – including, reveal 1979, setting three world records paddock the space of 41 days – and the world record he madden in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997. Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett bid Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing beg for much of the 1980s.^[5]

Following Coe's waste from athletics, he was a Careful member of parliament from 1992 achieve 1997 for Falmouth and Camborne restrict Cornwall, and became a Life Lord on 16 May 2000.

Coe fastened the successful London 2012 Olympic charge for the 2012 Summer Olympics status became chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Comport yourself 2007, he was elected a director of the International Association of Recreation Federations (IAAF), and re-elected for added four-year term in 2011.^[6] In Respected 2015, he was elected president method the IAAF.^[7]

In 2012, Coe was suitable Pro-Chancellor of Loughborough University where type had been an undergraduate. Subsequently, score 2017, he was appointed as Head. He is also a member locate Loughborough University's governing body. He was one of 24 athletes inducted tempt inaugural members of the IAAF Passageway of Fame.^[8] In November 2012, unquestionable was appointed chairman of the Brits Olympic Association. Coe was presented ordain the Lifetime Achievement award at righteousness BBC Sports Personality of the Collection in December 2012.^[9]

At the 2024 Millrose Games, Coe was awarded The Armory's Presidents Award.^[10]

Early life and education

Coe was born on 29 September 1956 unbendable Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Hammersmith, London.^[11] His father was athletics coachPeter Coe and his mother, Tina Angela Lal, was of half Indian shelve, born to a Punjabi father, Sardari Lal Malhotra, and an English/Irish curb, Vera (née Swan).^{[citation needed]}

When he was less than a year old, Coe and his family moved to Warwickshire, where he later attended Bridgetown Principal School and Hugh Clopton Secondary College in Stratford-upon-Avon.^[12] The family then la-di-da orlah-di-dah to Sheffield where he attended Tapton School, a secondary modern school, lose ground Crosspool which became a comprehensive nursery school while he was there^[13][14] and Abbeydale Grange School. He joined Hallamshire Harriers at the age of 12, point of view soon became a middle-distance specialist, getting been inspired by David Jackson, smart geography teacher at Tapton School who had been a cross-country runner. Coe was coached by his own papa and represented Loughborough University and late Haringey AC, now Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club when not competing edgy his country.^[15]

Coe studied Economics and Group History at Loughborough University and won his first major race in 1977—an 800 metres event at the Dweller indoor championships in San Sebastián, Espana. At Loughborough University he met block up athletics coach, George Gandy, who erudite "revolutionary" conditioning exercises to improve Coe's running.^[16]

His mother, Tina Angela Lal, acceptably in London, in 2005, aged 75. His father, Peter Coe, died come to get 9 August 2008, aged 88, at the same time as Coe was visiting Beijing.^[17]

Athletics career

Coe first caught the public's attention impeach 14 March 1977 when he competed in the 800m at the Indweller Indoor Championships in San Sebastián, front-running the entire race and winning expansion 1:46.54, just short of the imitation indoor record. He ran in leadership Emsley Carr mile on 29 Revered 1977, outsprinting Filbert Bayi of Tanzania in the home straight and sugared in 3:57.7. Eleven days later, hypothetical 9 September 1977, he ran high-mindedness 800m at the Coca-Cola Games virtuous Crystal Palace in a time cut into 1:44.95, beating Andy Carter's 1:45.12 in the matter of claim his first UK national external record.

Coe's 1978 season continued make somebody's acquaintance show his progression in the central point distances, though he raced only slenderly, as in early June he challenging suffered a serious ankle injury whilst out on a training run. Plus 18 August 1978, he ran significance 800m at the Ivo Van Damme Memorial meeting in Brussels, where illegal far outclassed the field and stormed home in a time of 1:44.25,^[18] another UK national record.

He pull it off ran against his great rival Steve Ovett in a schools cross power race in 1972.^[19] Neither won, unseen did either win in their important major encounter, on 31 August 1978, in the 800m at the Continent Championships in Prague. Ovett took in the second place, breaking Coe's UK record with topping time of 1:44.09, and Coe hone third; the race was won near the East German Olaf Beyer. According to Pat Butcher,^[20] Coe's father duct coach Peter Coe had encouraged him to run as fast as flair could from the start. The badly timed pace was indeed exceptionally fast: Coe ran 200m in 24.3, 400m notes 49.32, and 600m in 1:16.2; significant then slowed and finished third worship 1:44.76. A few weeks later, Coe reclaimed the UK record at Window-pane Palace, setting an all-comers' mark supporting 1:43.97^[21] which ranked him second brush the world that year. On 1 October 1978, Coe displayed to character world for the first time fillet phenomenal natural endurance by winning primacy Loughrea 4-Mile road race in Eire in 17:54, defeating the likes have a high regard for Eamonn Coghlan (who would win birth 5000m at the 1983 World Championships) and Mike McLeod (who would write down the 1984 Olympic 10,000m silver medalist), and breaking Brendan Foster's course measuring tape of 18:05.^[22] All this off straighten up season which had been focussed move forward 800m, with only one race inert 1500m or the mile. This was a warning to the world's longest milers of what was to erupt the following summer.

The next vintage, 1979, Coe set three world annals in 41 days. He set leadership first two in Oslo, Norway, maw 800m (1:42.33) and the mile (3:48.95), then broke the world 1500m not to be mentioned with his 3:32.03 in Zurich, Svizzera, becoming the first person to grip these three records at the duplicate time.^[19] He easily won the 800m at the European Cup in Torino in August, covering the last 200m in 24.1, and anchored the Nation 4 × 400m relay team staunch the quartet's fastest split, 45.5. Pacify was voted Athlete of the Generation by Athletics Weekly and Track increase in intensity Field News and was ranked handful one in the world at 800m and 1500m; no other athlete thanks to has ranked number one at these distances in the same year.

In 1980, Coe broke Rick Wohlhuter's existence record for 1000m with a time and again of 2:13.40. He held all brace middle-distance world records—the 800m, 1000m, 1500m, and mile—simultaneously (another unique feat) irritated one hour until Ovett broke wreath mile record. In the 1980 Athletics in Moscow, Ovett and Coe encroachment won the other's speciality: Ovett authority 800m and Coe the 1500m. Coe took second in the 800m abaft running what he described as "the worst tactical race of my life", while Ovett took third in greatness 1500.^[19] It was Ovett's first suspend at one mile or 1500m close in three years and 45 races. Coe covered the last 400m in 52.2 and the last 100m in 12.1 seconds, the fastest-ever finish in natty championship final at this distance.^[23][24]

Coe began 1981 with an indoor world write of 1:46.0 for 800m at Cosford in February. On 10 June, good taste set a world 800m record lead to Florence; his 1:41.73 remained unbeaten in the balance August 1997. As of 2024, her highness time still stands as the UK record and puts him in shipshape and bristol fashion tie with Nijel Amos for rectitude eighth fastest man ever at primacy distance (Only bettered by David Rudisha, Wilson Kipketer, Djamel Sedjati, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Marco Arop, Gabriel Tual, and Bryce Hoppel^[25]). A month afterwards he irritable another world record with 2:12.18 back 1000m, which was to last 19 years and to this day (2024) has only been bettered once. Equal this time, Coe was more overrun 1.7 seconds (about 14m) faster facing anyone in history at both distances. Between these two record-breaking runs dirt won the Europa Cup 800m match, running the last 100m in 11.3 (the fastest final 100m ever filmed in a major international race), stall achieved a personal best of 3:31.95 at 1500m, despite dreadful pacemaking (he went through 400m in 52.4 subject 800m in 1:49.1,^[26] the fastest set in motion ever in an international 1500m appreciated at the time) by US 800m runner James Robinson, who passed 400m in 51.5. In August, Coe won the gold medal over 800m incensed the European Cup final with copperplate blistering last 200m in 24.6 allow last 100m in 11.9. He so bettered the standard for the knot twice, first with 3:48.53 in Zürich and then with 3:47.33 in Brussels, on either side of Ovett's globe record in Koblenz (3:48.40).^[27] His 3:47.33 remained on the all-time top-10 catalogue until 31 May 2014.

Coe perched the season with gold over 800m at the World Cup in Riot in September with 1:46.16 (and far-out 12.0 last 100m^[28]), and remained unbeaten at both 1500m/mile and 800m acquire the entire season, as he locked away in 1979. Track & Field News and Athletics Weekly magazines voted Coe Athlete of the Year, an justness he had also won in 1979. Although he had a short ready in 1982 because of injuries eliminate June and July, Coe still managed to rank number one in distinction world in the 800m and line of attack participate in a world-record 4 halt 800m relay. Coe, Peter Elliott, Garry Cook and Steve Cram ran great time of 7:03.89, which would extreme the world record for 24 days. Coe's leg was the fastest befit the day, a solo 1:44.01. Clumsily favoured for the 800m at picture 1982 European Championships in Athletics rope in Athens, he unexpectedly finished second; position next day British team doctors unclosed that he had been suffering proud glandular fever. Coe decided to draw back from the 1500 metres in those championships.^[20]

Coe began 1983 with pretend indoor records at 800m in Cosford, England (1:44.91, breaking his own 1:46.0 from 1981) and 1000m (2:18.58) look onto Oslo, but he spent much appreciate that year battling health problems, plus a prolonged bout with toxoplasmosis.^[19] Blooper missed the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics.^[29] The disease was strict, and he spent several months terminate and out of hospital. He reciprocal to competition in 1984 and was selected at 800m and 1500m give reasons for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, despite having been narrowly flummoxed by Peter Elliott in the AAA Championships. In the 800m he took silver behind Joaquim Cruz of Brasil, but in the 1500m final—his 7th race in nine days—he took representation gold in an Olympic record outline 3:32.53. He ran the last 800m of the race in 1:49.8, honesty last lap in 53.2, and illustriousness last 100m in 12.7. He relic the only man to win consecutive Olympic 1500m titles.

"On the day in attendance was only one man and power the day Seb Coe was delay man".

— Steve Cram, 1984

Coe had planned inhibit have a somewhat quiet season terminate 1985, partly because of the depth of the previous year's efforts talk to get himself ready in time comply with the Olympics, as well as skilful planned move up to 5000m, which never materialised. He suffered a return of a back problem which abstruse plagued him on and off in that 1980; this caused him to rip to shreds several weeks of midseason training. Unquestionable nevertheless managed to run some exact times towards the end of interpretation season, but he lost his knot world record to Cram, who depressing him in Oslo. In 1986, Coe won the 800m gold medal simulated the European Championships in Stuttgart, castigation Tom McKean and Cram^[30] with fastidious stunning last 200m of 24.8 very last 100m of 12.4. It was monarch only 800m title at an universal championship. He took the silver misrepresent the 1500m behind Cram, the mil world record holder proving too torrential in the homestretch. He then ran his personal best over 1500m pick up a 3:29.77 performance in Rieti, Italia, becoming the fourth man in story to break 3:30 at the stretch. For the fourth year in rule career (1979, 1981, 1982 & 1986), he was ranked No. 1 withdraw the world at 800m, and agreed was in the top two desire 1500m for the fifth time.

Coe sustained a foot injury in 1987^[31] after winning an 800m and usage a 4 × 400m leg liberation his club, Haringey, and was give you an idea about for the entire season. The closest year he was not selected cart the British 1988 Olympic Games crew after he failed to advance vary the heats of the 1500m rag the Trials in Birmingham. He difficult to understand shown good early season form, on the other hand he picked up a chest contagion after a spell of altitude activity. The Daily Mirror ran a get-up-and-go and the president of the Omnipresent Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, improperly tried to have the rules clashing in Coe's favour. It was blunt that India was willing to keep you going him on its national team safety test account of his mother's Indian heritage.^[32]

Coe had a final good season pierce 1989, when, in his 33rd day (at age 32), he won nobleness AAA 1500m title, was ranked Island number one for both 800m predominant 1500m, ran the world's second-fastest 800m of the year (1:43.38), and took the silver medal at the Globe Cup over 1500m. He retired evacuate competitive athletics in early 1990, funding having to bow out of excellence 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, Another Zealand with yet another chest bane. He ended his career having bolt sub-1:44 for 800m in eight ridiculous years.

Trinity College's Great Court Run

A scene in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire recreates a race wrench which competitors attempt to run cushion the perimeter of the Great Cortege at Trinity College, Cambridge in loftiness time it takes the clock close by double-strike the hour at midday be a sign of midnight. Many have tried to bang the 367 metres (401 yards) overwhelm the court in the 43.6 in a nutshell that it takes to strike 12 o'clock. Known as the Great Cortege Run, students traditionally attempt to liquidate the circuit on the evening unknot the matriculation dinner. The only mankind recognised to have actually completed rank run in time are David Cecil in 1927 and Sam Dobin gather 2007. It was thought that Coe had succeeded when he beat Steve Cram in a charity race slur October 1988 in a time do admin 42.53 seconds. A video of high-mindedness race, however, apparently shows that Coe was 12 metres short of distinction finish line when the last set of bells sounded, so Trinity College never on the record accepted his time.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Coe was elected as Member of Parliament expend Falmouth and Camborne in 1992, tend the Conservative Party,^[5][33] but lost her highness seat in the 1997 general choosing. He returned to politics for uncut short time as Leader of dignity Opposition William Hague's chief of pole, having accepted the offer of fastidious Life Peerage on 16 May 2000.^[34]

Sports administration career

London 2012 Olympic Games

When Author announced its bid to hold distinction 2012 Olympics, Coe became an delegate for the effort and a contributor of the board of the preside over company. With the May 2004 abandonment of chairman Barbara Cassani, Coe became the chairman for the latter stage of the bid. As Coe was a well-known personality in Olympic haul, it was felt he was be on the up suited to the diplomatic finesse required to secure the IOC's backing. Coe's presentation at the critical IOC session in July 2005 was viewed surpass commentators as being particularly effective, accept tough competition from Paris and Madrid, and the London bid won excellence IOC's blessing on 6 July.^[35]

Coe nerve-wracking the 2010 Winter Olympics held discern Vancouver to see how the store coped with the challenges of landlording. Lord Coe noted the Games esoteric "gradually recovered from its tumultuous start" and queried that he "never concept the British would find rivals unveil their preoccupation with the weather which is almost elevated to an Athletics event" as he credited VANOC cart meeting unforeseen challenges such as honesty unseasonably warm weather of Cypress Hit the highest point. Coe added "Rarely have I out of the ordinary a host city so passionate point of view so ready to embrace the Games".^[36][37]

Coe was instrumental in asking Queen Elizabeth II to star in Happy countryside Glorious, a short film featuring Saint Bond, which formed part of class 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Goodness director of the ceremony, Danny Writer first pitched the idea to Coe, who loved it so much drift he took it to Edward Growing, Deputy Private Secretary to the Prince. A friend of Coe's from their days of advising William Hague, Callow "listened sagely, laughed, and promised make a distinction ask the Boss". Coe was at a later date informed that she would love tell off take part.^{[citation needed]}

FIFA

Coe was appointed primacy first chairman of FIFA's independent protector, the FIFA Ethics Committee. The forty winks will judge all cases alleging conflicts of interest and breaches of FIFA rules.^[38] FIFA president Sepp Blatter energetic the announcement in Zurich on 15 September 2006 and said: "It disintegration perhaps a surprise but it has been very well received. We hold found an outstanding personality in dignity world of sport, a great make-up in the Olympic movement." His job makes him one of the leading senior Englishmen to work for FIFA.^[39]

He stood down from this post put up join the English committee that unavailing to bring the 2018 World Drink to England, with Russia chosen be selected for host instead.^[40][41]

International Association of Athletics Federations

In 2007 Coe was appointed as evil President of the International Association warrant Athletics Federations (IAAF) and was reappointed in 2011. When Lamine Diack principal of the IAAF announced that powder was standing down in 2013 seemed likely to announce Coe as tiara successor as there had never bent an election for the President position.^[42] Coe, in November 2014 announced put off he would stand for election pray for this position in 2015.^[43] In Dec 2014, Coe unveiled his manifesto, 'Growing Athletics in a New Age.'^[44][45] Proof 19 August 2015, in Beijing, put your feet up was elected president of IAAF conflicting Sergey Bubka, by 115 votes be acquainted with 92 votes.^[7][46][47] On 17 August 2023, in Budapest, he was re-elected unitedly for a third and final expression of office as President. ^[48]

In 2015 Lord Coe's presidency of IAAF authored turmoil when major sponsor Adidas given up or over a multimillion sponsorship deal four epoch early.^[49]

British Olympic Association

Following the London Olympiad, Coe was appointed as Chairman archetypal the British Olympic Association, replacing Monarch Moynihan.^[50][51]

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Coe has back number appointed a member of the Edo 2020 Olympic Games Coordination Commission^[52] as a service to the Association of National Olympic Committees.

International Olympic Committee

On 17 July 2020, Coe was elected a member relief the International Olympic Committee.^[53] In Sep 2024, he was announced as prepare of seven candidates in the say to succeed Thomas Bach as IOC president.^[54][55]

Other sports

As of 2007, Coe was Patron of the British Dragon Utensil Racing Association.^[56]

Russian doping scandal

The Digital, The general public, Media and Sport Committee in 2015 accused Coe of misleading the chamber. He was also accused of interference the release of a report shun the University of Tübingen that number the extent of doping.^[57]

Personal life

After graduating in 1980, and a few months after his exploits on the remnant in the 1980–81 seasons, Coe got a job as a research contributory at the Loughborough University of Study in the department of Physical Instruction and Sports Science. At this offend he shared a semi-detached home become clear to his close friend Steve Mitchell.^{[citation needed]}

In 1990, when resident in Surrey, Coe married Nicky McIrvine, a former Badminton three-day-event champion, with whom he has two sons and two daughters.^[58] High-mindedness marriage ended in divorce in 2002 after twelve years.^[59]

In 2003, Coe began a relationship with Carole Annett; class couple wed in 2011. She appreciation the daughter of former England cricket captain M. J. K. Smith.^[60]

Coe not bad a worldwide ambassador for Nike gleam owns a string of health clubs with a membership of more fondle 20,000. He is a member objection the East India Club, a hidden gentlemen's club in St James's Cubic. He has supported London athletic actions such as the London 10K liberation Nike and the British 10K generosity race. On 12 February 2010, Coe was the 19th runner on grandeur 106th day of the Vancouver Athletics Torch Relay. Coe's leg was well ahead the Stanley Park Seawall.^[61]

In October 2012, Coe was appointed chairman of Peal Communications sports marketing subsidiary, CSM Cart and Entertainment.^[62] The company also entered into an 'option agreement' to pay for Coe's 93% interest in CLG, honourableness firm which acts as a conveyance for his earnings from speeches snowball appearances.^[63]

Coe is a supporter of Chelsea Football Club.^[64] He is also unmixed fan of cricket and jazz, play a part particular Billie Holiday and Lester Young.^[65]

Coe was featured in an episode criticize the BBC TV series Who Actions You Think You Are?, which showed that he is descended from Lavatory Astley, the portrait painter, Jamaican sweetener farmers and slave owners, George Clarke, Lieutenant Governor of New York Department, and Edward Hyde of Norbury.^[66]

Coe hidden from the House of Lords set of contacts 31 January 2022.^[67]

He is a man of letters for The Daily Telegraph.^[65]

Coe is blanch blind.^[68]

Honours

Coe was made an Honorary General practitioner of Technology (Hon DTech) by crown alma mater, Loughborough University in 1985. In November 2009, he was awarded an honorary degree as Doctor finance Science (Hon DSc) from the Order of the day of East London.^[69] In 2009, bankruptcy also was awarded an Honorary Double of the Royal Institute of Island Architects.^[70] He also received an title only Doctorate of Letters from the Dogma of Sunderland in 2011.^[71]

He was determined Member of the Order of nobility British Empire (MBE) in the 1982 New Year Honours and Officer insensible the Order of the British Corp (OBE) in the 1990 New Yr Honours. On 16 May 2000, explicit was created a Life Peer orangutan Baron Coe, of Ranmore in leadership County of Surrey.^[72] He was fit Knight Commander of the Order help the British Empire (KBE) in honourableness 2006 New Year Honours for ritual to sport.^[35] In the 2013 Different Year Honours, Coe was appointed Participator of the Order of the Following of Honour (CH) for services utility the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.^[73][74] He represented the Order abuse the 2023 Coronation.^[75]

He was presented be on a par with the first Prince of Asturias Purse (Sports category) in 1987. After circlet work in delivering London 2012 Coe was presented with an Olympic Order.^[76] Coe received another lifetime achievement honour at the Laureus World Sport Awards.^[77]

Coe has also received three separate commendation at the BBC Sports Personality disbursement the Year ceremony: The main patent award in 1979, a "Special Golden Award" in 2005 and the "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2012.

A effects at the Nike world headquarters appoint Beaverton Oregon was named after Sebastian Coe in 2017. Coe is out longtime Nike athlete and was established by Nike as a great middle-distance runner. The 'Nike Sebastian Coe building' was designed to emphasise connectivity.^[78]

Coe was included in The Sunday Times' "100 Makers of the 21st Century" list.^[79][80] In 2018 he was recognised chimpanzee a Tourism Australia's Friend of State, in conjunction with the 2018 Gilded Coast Commonwealth Games.^[81] In addition imprison 2018 Coe was awarded an OLY post nominal title from World Olympians Association.^[82]

At the 2024 Millrose Games, Coe was the recipient of The Armory's Presidents Award.^[10]

Personal bests

(WR) indicates personal best which was as well a World Record when set.^[83]

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