“There were certain challenges. If you’ve got a name like Sebastian you either learn to fight or to run.”
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Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British sports administrator, former politician and retired track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set nine outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events – including, in 1979, setting th…
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politics · British athlete and politician (born 1956) · politician · middle-distance runner · autobiographer · athletics competitor · also Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe, Lord Coe, Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, Sebastian Newbold Coe, Seb Coe
Born 29 September 1956 · Q188502
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As a young boy, running was the thing I loved beyond anything else and I have been hugely fortunate that athletics has been at the centre of my life ever since. For as long as I can remember, I have woken knowing that athletics, in some way, would shape my day. “My sport is calling me. My passion is my sport, I owe everything to my sport. If I’m in a position to shape its future, why would I not want to do that? That is my number one priority.
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2026· 12 entries
“As a young boy, running was the thing I loved beyond anything else and I have been hugely fortunate that athletics has been at the centre of my life ever since. For as long as I can remember, I have woken knowing that athletics, in some way, would shape my day. “My sport is calling me. My passion is my sport, I owe everything to my sport. If I’m in a position to shape its future, why would I not want to do that? That is my number one priority.”
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AOL.com: Lord Coe insists empty seats will not harm London bid for World Championships
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The Japan Times: Sebastian Coe says LA 28 organizers have to find right balance with U.S. government
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Pulse Sports Kenya: Sebastian Coe Responds to London Concerns as Nairobi, Rome and Munich Push for 2029 World Championships
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El Mundo: María Pérez, la carrera más perfecta de su vida y un mensaje para Sebastian Coe: "Se lleva un récord del mundo, no sé si tendrá alguno en la pista"
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El-Balad.com: Empty seats in Birmingham will not damage London’s 2029 bid, says Sebastian Coe - El-Balad.com
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The Guardian: Seb Coe insists empty seats in Birmingham won’t harm London’s bid for 2029 worlds
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Public attention spiked: 17,959 Wikipedia readers in one day, 41.2× the usual 436, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “María Pérez, la carrera más perfecta de su vida y un mensaje para Sebastian Coe: "Se lleva un récord del mundo, no sé si tendrá alguno en la pista"” (El Mundo).
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BBC: European Athletics Championships: Sebastian Coe leads home all-British podium - Stuttgart 1986
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Public attention spiked: 4,235 Wikipedia readers in one day, 9.7× the usual 436, with 0 article edits.
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The Guardian: West Ham stadium stance could block London’s World Athletics Championships bid, warns Coe
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2025· 3 entries
The Guardian: Sebastian Coe hails ‘mahogany hard’ Keely Hodgkinson and calls Gout Gout ‘real deal’
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The Guardian: ‘Seb is a leader’: Farah, Bolt and Grey-Thompson back Coe for IOC president
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The Guardian: Coe targets Musk and Zuckerberg talks over ‘pond life’ abuse of female athletes
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2022· 1 entry
Coe retired from the House of Lords on 31 January 2022.
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2020· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the International Olympic Committee (2020).
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2018· 2 entries
Was recognised as a Tourism Australia's Friend of Australia, in conjunction with the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
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Coe was awarded an OLY post nominal title from World Olympians Association
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2015· 1 entry
Career landmark: World Athletics President (2015).
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2013· 1 entry
Seemed likely to announce Coe as his successor as there had never been an election for the President position
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2012· 6 entries
Awarded IAAF Hall of Fame (2012).
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Earned Gold Olympic Order (2012).
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Bid Committee, and also as a Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
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Olympic bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics and became chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
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Coe was appointed Pro-Chancellor of Loughborough University where he had been an undergraduate
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Coe was presented with an Olympic Order
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2009· 1 entry
Also was awarded an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
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2008· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Olympic Organizing Committee (2008–2012).
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2007· 2 entries
Coe was appointed as vice President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and was reappointed in 2011
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Was elected a vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), and re-elected for another four-year term in 2011
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2005· 1 entry
Career landmark: London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (2005–2012).
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2003· 1 entry
Coe began a relationship with Carole Annett; the couple married in 2011
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2000· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Lords (2000–2022).
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1996· 1 entry
Career landmark: Assistant Whip (1996–1997).
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1992· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom (1992–1997).
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For the Conservative Party, but lost his seat in the 1997 general election
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1990· 2 entries
When resident in Surrey, Coe married Nicky McIrvine, a former Badminton three-day-event champion, with whom he has two sons and two daughters
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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.
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1989· 1 entry
When, in his 33rd year (at age 32), he won the AAA 1500 m title, was ranked British number one for both 800 m and 1500 m, ran the world's second-fastest 800 m of the year (1:43
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1987· 2 entries
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Sports (1987).
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After winning an 800 m and running a 4 × 400 m leg for his club, Haringey, and was out for the entire season
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1986· 1 entry
Coe won the 800 m gold medal at the European Championships in Stuttgart, beating Tom McKean and Cram with a stunning last 200 m of 24
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1985· 1 entry
Partly because of the intensity of the previous year's efforts to get himself ready in time for the Olympics, as well as a planned move up to 5000 m, which never materialised
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1984· 1 entry
And was selected at 800 m and 1500 m for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, despite having been narrowly beaten by Peter Elliott in the AAA Championships
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1982· 1 entry
Because of injuries in June and July, Coe still managed to rank number one in the world in the 800 m and to participate in a world-record 4 × 800 m relay
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded L'Équipe Champion of Champions (1981).
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1980· 3 entries
Coe broke Rick Wohlhuter's world record for 1000 m with a time of 2:13
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And a few months after his exploits on the track in the 1980–81 seasons, Coe got a job as a research assistant at the Loughborough University of Technology in the department of Physical Education and Sports Science
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“Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle.”
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1979· 4 entries
Won Bislett medal (1979).
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Awarded BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award (1979).
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A "Special Gold Award" in 2005 and the "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2012
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Setting three world records over the course of 41 days – and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997
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1956· 2 entries
Born 1956-09-29.
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“s Indian heritage. Coe had a final good season in 1989, when, in his 33rd year (at age 32), he won the AAA 1500 m title, was ranked British number one for both 800 m and 1500 m, ran the world”
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