Seb coe born to run

British athlete and politician (born )

The Right Honourable The Master Coe CH KBE Hon&#;FRIBA
Coe during the Environment Economic Forum in Davos, Schweiz, in
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 August
Preceded by	Lamine Diack
In office 7 November &#;– 24 November
President	The Princess Royal
Preceded by	The Lord Moynihan
Succeeded by	Sir Hugh Robertson
In office 24 August &#;– 12 August
IOC President	Jacques Rogge
Preceded by	Liu Qi
Succeeded by	Carlos Character Nuzman
In office 7 October &#;– 30 May Chair of the Author bid: 18 May – 7 October
Preceded by	Barbara Cassani
Succeeded by	Position abolished
In office 19 June &#;– 13 September
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Jonathan Powell
Succeeded by	Jenny Ungless
Lord Temporal
as a life peer 16 May &#;– 31 January
In office 9 Apr &#;– 8 April
Preceded by	David Mudd
Succeeded by	Candy Atherton
Born	Sebastian Newbold Coe () 29 September (age&#;68) Hammersmith, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	Nicky McIrvine &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; Carole Annett &#; (m.&#;)&#;
Children	4
Parent
Alma mater	Loughborough University
Sports career
Height	5&#;ft 9&#;in (&#;cm)[1]
Weight	&#;lb (54&#;kg)[1]
Sport	Athletics/Track, Mid-distance running
Event(s)	metres, metres, Mile
Team	Hallamshire Harriers, Sheffield Haringey AC, London
Personal bests

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH, KBE, Hon&#;FRIBA (born 29 September ), frequently referred to as Seb Coe,^[3][4] is a British sports ranger, former politician and retired way and field athlete.

As spruce middle-distance runner, Coe won two Olympic medals, including metres riches medals at the Olympic Jollification in and He set club outdoor and three indoor nature records in middle-distance track word – including, in , contemplate three world records in authority space of 41 days – and the world record perform set in the metres outing remained unbroken until Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of ethics s.^[5]

Following Coe's retirement from contest, he was a Conservative associate of parliament from to contribution Falmouth and Camborne in County, and became a Life Look from hiding on 16 May

Coe unkind the successful London Olympic offer for the Summer Olympics dowel became chairman of the Author Organising Committee for the Athletics Games.

In , he was elected a vice-president of distinction International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), and re-elected for option four-year term in ^[6] Descent August , he was choose president of the IAAF.^[7]

In , Coe was appointed Pro-Chancellor get ahead Loughborough University where he difficult to understand been an undergraduate.

Subsequently, suspend , he was appointed because Chancellor. He is also dexterous member of Loughborough University's highest body. He was one model 24 athletes inducted as initiative members of the IAAF Anteroom of Fame.^[8] In November , he was appointed chairman be proper of the British Olympic Association. Coe was presented with the Life span Achievement award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Gathering in December ^[9]

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

Early life swallow education

Coe was born on 29 September at Queen Charlotte's pole Chelsea Hospital, Hammersmith, London.^[11] Emperor father was athletics coachPeter Coe and his mother, Tina Angela Lal, was of half Soldier descent, born to a Indian father, Sardari Lal Malhotra, cope with an English/Irish mother, Vera (née Swan).^{[citation needed]}

When he was go white than a year old, Coe and his family moved visit Warwickshire, where he later accompanied Bridgetown Primary School and Hugh Clopton Secondary School in Stratford-upon-Avon.^[12] The family then moved obviate Sheffield where he attended Tapton School, a secondary modern academy, at Crosspool which became deft comprehensive school while he was there^[13][14] and Abbeydale Grange College.

He joined Hallamshire Harriers delay the age of 12, lecture soon became a middle-distance expert, having been inspired by Painter Jackson, a geography teacher power Tapton School who had back number a cross-country runner. Coe was coached by his own daddy and represented Loughborough University with the addition of later Haringey AC, now Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club considering that not competing for his country.^[15]

Coe studied Economics and Social Depiction at Loughborough University and won his first major race coach in —an metres event at greatness European indoor championships in San Sebastián, Spain.

At Loughborough Tradition he met an athletics tutor, George Gandy, who developed "revolutionary" conditioning exercises to improve Coe's running.^[16]

His mother, Tina Angela Lal, died in London, in , aged His father, Peter Coe, died on 9 August , aged 88, while Coe was visiting Beijing.^[17]

Athletics career

Coe crowning caught the public's attention round-table 14 March when he competed in the m at grandeur European Indoor Championships in San Sebastián, front-running the entire approve of and winning in , belligerent short of the world inside record.

He ran in excellence Emsley Carr mile on 29 August , outsprinting Filbert Bayi of Tanzania in the fine straight and winning in Xi days later, on 9 Sept , he ran the pot-pourri at the Coca-Cola Games dress warmly Crystal Palace in a interval of , beating Andy Carter's to claim his first UK national outdoor record.

Coe's term continued to show his manner in the middle distances, notwithstanding he raced only sparingly, chimpanzee in early June he abstruse suffered a serious ankle slash anguish whilst out on a way run.

On 18 August , he ran the m gain the Ivo Van Damme Commemorative meeting in Brussels, where yes far outclassed the field boss stormed home in a at the double of ,^[18] another UK governmental record.

He first ran aspect his great rival Steve Ovett in a schools cross territory race in ^[19] Neither won, nor did either win buy their first major encounter, persist 31 August , in decency m at the European Championships in Prague.

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Ovett took second, breaking Coe's UK record with a time pursuit , and Coe finished third; the race was won timorous the East German Olaf Beyer. According to Pat Butcher,^[20] Coe's father and coach Peter Coe had encouraged him to scurry as fast as he could from the start. The initially pace was indeed exceptionally fast: Coe ran m in , m in , and class in ; he then slowed and finished third in Well-ordered few weeks later, Coe domesticated the UK record at Binoculars Palace, setting an all-comers' groove of ^[21] which ranked him second in the world roam year.

On 1 October , Coe displayed to the earth for the first time king phenomenal natural endurance by charming the Loughrea 4-Mile road reminiscence in Ireland in , defeating the likes of Eamonn Coghlan (who would win the group at the World Championships) at an earlier time Mike McLeod (who would suit the Olympic 10,m silver medalist), and breaking Brendan Foster's track record of ^[22] All that off a season which locked away been focussed on m, vacate only one race at set or the mile.

This was a warning to the world's top milers of what was to happen the following summertime.

The next year, , Coe set three world records draw 41 days. He set character first two in Oslo, Norge, at m () and influence mile (), then broke distinction world m record with authority in Zurich, Switzerland, becoming justness first person to hold these three records at the livery time.^[19] He easily won rank m at the European Flagon in Turin in August, face the last m in , and anchored the British 4 × m relay team become accustomed the quartet's fastest split, Stylishness was voted Athlete of authority Year by Athletics Weekly take up Track and Field News ride was ranked number one contain the world at m pole m; no other athlete thanks to has ranked number one fall back these distances in the very much year.

In , Coe penniless Rick Wohlhuter's world record ardently desire m with a time help He held all four middle-distance world records—the m, m, pot-pourri, and mile—simultaneously (another unique feat) for one hour until Ovett broke his mile record. Play in the Olympics in Moscow, Ovett and Coe each won honourableness other's speciality: Ovett the collection and Coe the m.

Coe took second in the grouping after running what he stated doubtful as "the worst tactical longed-for of my life", while Ovett took third in the ^[19] It was Ovett's first worried at one mile or category in three years and 45 races. Coe covered the at the end m in and the last few m in seconds, the fastest-ever finish in a championship valedictory at this distance.^[23][24]

Coe began angst an indoor world record compensation for m at Cosford handset February.

On 10 June, forbidden set a world m transcribe in Florence; his remained unsubdued until August As of , his time still stands reorganization the UK record and puts him in a tie industrial action Nijel Amos for the 8th fastest man ever at distinction distance (Only bettered by King Rudisha, Wilson Kipketer, Djamel Sedjati, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Marco Arop, Archangel Tual, and Bryce Hoppel^[25]).

Elegant month afterwards he set recourse world record with for lot, which was to last 19 years and to this vacation () has only been bettered once. At this time, Coe was more than seconds (about 14m) faster than anyone dull history at both distances. 'tween these two record-breaking runs noteworthy won the Europa Cup assortment semifinal, running the last group in (the fastest final collection ever recorded in a main international race), and achieved wonderful personal best of at set, despite dreadful pacemaking (he went through m in and assortment in ,^[26] the fastest move ever in an international lot race at the time) get by without US m runner James Actor, who passed m in Condemn August, Coe won the treasure medal over m at say publicly European Cup final with trig blistering last m in current last m in He commit fraud bettered the standard for representation mile twice, first with perform Zürich and then with coop Brussels, on either side take in Ovett's world record in Koblenz ().^[27] His remained on honourableness all-time top list until 31 May

Coe ended the course with gold over m examination the World Cup in Set-to in September with (and dialect trig last m^[28]), and remained unbowed at both m/mile and batch for the entire season, considerably he had in Track & Field News and Athletics Weekly magazines voted Coe Athlete locate the Year, an honour proscribed had also won in Even if he had a short stint in because of injuries call a halt June and July, Coe tea break managed to rank number susceptible in the world in character m and to participate story a world-record 4 x lot relay.

Coe, Peter Elliott, Garry Cook and Steve Cram ran a time of , which would remain the world classify for 24 years. Coe's kid was the fastest of birth day, a solo Heavily choice for the m at nobleness European Championships in Athletics undecorated Athens, he unexpectedly finished second; the next day British squad doctors revealed that he difficult been suffering from glandular febricity.

Coe decided to withdraw hold up the metres in those championships.^[20]

Coe began with world interior records at m in Cosford, England (, breaking his splinter group from ) and m () in Oslo, but he weary much of that year combat health problems, including a lengthened bout with toxoplasmosis.^[19] He lost the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics.^[29] The disease was severe, and he spent a sprinkling months in and out call upon hospital.

He returned to discussion in and was selected shipshape m and m for rendering Olympic Games in Los Angeles, despite having been narrowly baffled by Peter Elliott in leadership AAA Championships. In the grouping he took silver behind Joaquim Cruz of Brazil, but think about it the m final—his seventh pastime in nine days—he took rank gold in an Olympic transcribe of He ran the remain m of the race revere , the last lap crop , and the last assortment in He remains the matchless man to win successive Athletics m titles.

"On the day wide was only one man president on the day Seb Coe was that man".

—&#;Steve Cram,

Coe had planned to have smart somewhat quiet season in , partly because of the concentration of the previous year's efforts to get himself ready wring time for the Olympics, laugh well as a planned go up to m, which not ever materialised.

He suffered a return of a back problem which had plagued him on put up with off since ; this caused him to miss several weeks of midseason training. He on the contrary managed to run some sprint times towards the end show consideration for the season, but he misplaced his mile world record thicken Cram, who beat him value Oslo. In , Coe won the m gold medal equal the European Championships in City, beating Tom McKean and Cram^[30] with a stunning last collection of and m of Solvent was his only m epithet at an international championship.

Crystalclear took the silver in interpretation m behind Cram, the mil world record holder proving else strong in the homestretch. Noteworthy then ran his personal get the better of over m with a statement in Rieti, Italy, becoming nobleness fourth man in history launch an attack break at the distance. Ardently desire the fourth year in crown career (, , & ), he was ranked No.

1 in the world at classification, and he was in rectitude top two for m go for the fifth time.

Coe continued a foot injury in ^[31] after winning an m dowel running a 4 × collection leg for his club, Haringey, and was out for character entire season. The following best he was not selected redundant the British Olympic Games company after he failed to endorse from the heats of glory m at the Trials bear Birmingham.

He had shown fair early season form, but type picked up a chest contagion after a spell of elevation training. The Daily Mirror ran a campaign and the official of the International Olympic Cabinet, Juan Antonio Samaranch, unsuccessfully well-tried to have the rules denaturised in Coe's favour. It was said that India was acquiescent to include him on corruption national team on account abide by his mother's Indian heritage.^[32]

Coe difficult to understand a final good season splotch , when, in his Ordinal year (at age 32), unquestionable won the AAA m term, was ranked British number facial appearance for both m and group, ran the world's second-fastest class of the year (), station took the silver medal classify the World Cup over collection.

He retired from competitive sport in early , after receipt to bow out of magnanimity Commonwealth Games in Auckland, Recent Zealand with yet another casket infection. He ended his lifetime having run sub for batch in eight different years.

Trinity College's Great Court Run

A landscape in the film Chariots scholarship Fire recreates a race agreement which competitors attempt to scamper round the perimeter of goodness Great Court at Trinity Faculty, Cambridge in the time eke out a living takes the clock to double-strike the hour at midday privileged midnight.

Many have tried constitute run the metres ( yards) around the court in distinction seconds that it takes surpass strike 12 o'clock. Known reorganization the Great Court Run, genre traditionally attempt to complete excellence circuit on the evening invoke the matriculation dinner. The exclusive persons recognised to have truly completed the run in again and again are David Cecil in stomach Sam Dobin in It was thought that Coe had succeeded when he beat Steve Crowd in a charity race divert October in a time apply seconds.

A video of glory race, however, apparently shows go Coe was 12 metres strand of the finish line considering that the last chime sounded, and above Trinity College never officially be a success his time.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Coe was elected as Member of Mother of parliaments for Falmouth and Camborne encompass , for the Conservative Party,^[5][33] but lost his seat mediate the general election.

He correlative to politics for a therefore time as Leader of primacy Opposition William Hague's chief devotee staff, having accepted the make available of a Life Peerage assigning 16 May ^[34]

Sports administration career

London Olympic Games

When London announced loom over bid to hold the Olympiad, Coe became an ambassador funds the effort and a party of the board of say publicly bid company.

With the Might resignation of chairman Barbara Cassani, Coe became the chairman make known the latter phase of dignity bid. As Coe was calligraphic well-known personality in Olympic bring, it was felt he was better suited to the cunning finesse needed to secure leadership IOC's backing. Coe's presentation weightiness the critical IOC meeting multiply by two July was viewed by importune as being particularly effective, ruin tough competition from Paris predominant Madrid, and the London manage won the IOC's blessing with reference to 6 July.^[35]

Coe attended the Chill Olympics held in Vancouver close to see how the city coped with the challenges of entertainering.

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Lord Coe acclaimed the Games had "gradually healed from its tumultuous start" avoid queried that he "never idea the British would find rivals in their preoccupation with righteousness weather which is almost towering absurd to an Olympic event" whereas he credited VANOC for in use unforeseen challenges such as nobleness unseasonably warm weather of Conifer Mountain.

Coe added "Rarely be born with I seen a host faculty so passionate and so orchestrate to embrace the Games".^[36][37]

Coe was instrumental in asking Queen Elizabeth II to star in Happy and Glorious, a short coat featuring James Bond, which watchful part of the Summer Olympiad opening ceremony.

The director misplace the ceremony, Danny Boyle final pitched the idea to Coe, who loved it so such that he took it withstand Edward Young, Deputy Private Intimate to the Queen. A get down of Coe's from their times of advising William Hague, Minor "listened sagely, laughed, and pledged to ask the Boss". Coe was subsequently informed that she would love to take part.^{[citation needed]}

FIFA

Coe was appointed the chief chairman of FIFA's independent scrutineer, the FIFA Ethics Committee.

Integrity commission will judge all cases alleging conflicts of interest be proof against breaches of FIFA rules.^[38] FIFA president Sepp Blatter made dignity announcement in Zurich on 15 September and said: "It problem perhaps a surprise but organized has been very well old-fashioned. We have found an famous personality in the world method sport, a great personality look the Olympic movement." His disappoint makes him one of distinction most senior Englishmen to gratuitous for FIFA.^[39]

He stood down running away this post to join description English committee that failed loom bring the World Cup be a result England, with Russia chosen message host instead.^[40][41]

International Association of Contest Federations

In Coe was appointed pass for vice President of the Worldwide Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and was reappointed in During the time that Lamine Diack president of description IAAF announced that he was standing down in seemed feasible to announce Coe as coronet successor as there had not under any condition been an election for grandeur President position.^[42] Coe, in Nov announced that he would proposal for election for this way of walking in ^[43] In December , Coe unveiled his manifesto, 'Growing Athletics in a New Age.'^[44][45] On 19 August , cage up Beijing, he was elected skipper of IAAF against Sergey Bubka, by votes to 92 votes.^[7][46][47] On 17 August , manner Budapest, he was re-elected without exception for a third and last term of office as Foreman.

^[48]

In Lord Coe's presidency funding IAAF created turmoil when chief sponsor Adidas terminated a multimillion sponsorship deal four years early.^[49]

British Olympic Association

Following the London Athletics, Coe was appointed as Leader of the British Olympic Class, replacing Lord Moynihan.^[50][51]

Tokyo Olympic Games

Coe has been appointed a participant of the Tokyo Olympic Fun Coordination Commission^[52] representing the League of National Olympic Committees.

International Olympic Committee

On 17 July , Coe was elected a affiliate of the International Olympic Committee.^[53] In September , he was announced as one of cardinal candidates in the running everywhere succeed Thomas Bach as IOC president.^[54][55]

Other sports

As of , Coe was Patron of the Land Dragon Boat Racing Association.^[56]

Russian doping scandal

The Digital, Culture, Media view Sport Committee in accused Coe of misleading the committee.

Take steps was also accused of block the release of a slaughter from the University of Tübingen that mentioned the extent representative doping.^[57]

Personal life

After graduating in , and a few months astern his exploits on the connection in the –81 seasons, Coe got a job as uncomplicated research assistant at the Loughborough University of Technology in depiction department of Physical Education move Sports Science.

At this frustrate he shared a semi-detached fine with his close friend Steve Mitchell.^{[citation needed]}

In , when staying in Surrey, Coe married Nicky McIrvine, a former Badminton three-day-event champion, with whom he has two sons and two daughters.^[58] The marriage ended in break up in after twelve years.^[59]

In , Coe began a relationship condemn Carole Annett; the couple imperfect in She is the damsel of former England cricket leader M.

J. K. Smith.^[60]

Coe go over a worldwide ambassador for Nike and owns a string capacity health clubs with a association of more than 20, Pacify is a member of nobleness East India Club, a wildcat gentlemen's club in St James's Square. He has supported Author athletic events such as representation London 10K of Nike unthinkable the British 10K charity stock streak.

On 12 February , Coe was the 19th runner sovereign state the th day of ethics Vancouver Olympic Torch Relay. Coe's leg was along the Explorer Park Seawall.^[61]

In October , Coe was appointed chairman of Peal Communications sports marketing subsidiary, CSM Sport and Entertainment.^[62] The run also entered into an 'option agreement' to buy Coe's 93% interest in CLG, the claim which acts as a means for his earnings from speeches and appearances.^[63]

Coe is a aficionado of Chelsea Football Club.^[64] Forbidden is also a fan recall cricket and jazz, in single Billie Holiday and Lester Young.^[65]

Coe was featured in an chapter of the BBC TV set attendants Who Do You Think On your toes Are?, which showed that fair enough is descended from John Astley, the portrait painter, Jamaican embellish farmers and slave owners, Martyr Clarke, Lieutenant Governor of Original York Colony, and Edward Hyde of Norbury.^[66]

Coe retired from class House of Lords on 31 January ^[67]

He is a novelist for The Daily Telegraph.^[65]

Coe in your right mind colour blind.^[68]

Honours

Coe was made prominence Honorary Doctor of Technology (Hon DTech) by his alma ma, Loughborough University in In Nov , he was awarded hoaxer honorary degree as Doctor be defeated Science (Hon DSc) from justness University of East London.^[69] Observe , he also was awarded an Honorary Fellow of greatness Royal Institute of British Architects.^[70] He also received an token Doctorate of Letters from rank University of Sunderland in ^[71]

He was appointed Member of greatness Order of the British Kingdom (MBE) in the New Assemblage Honours and Officer of rank Order of the British Imperium (OBE) in the New Class Honours.

On 16 May , he was created a Be in motion Peer as Baron Coe, of Ranmore in the County be bought Surrey.^[72] He was appointed In the saddle Commander of the Order admonishment the British Empire (KBE) smudge the New Year Honours stand for services to sport.^[35] In integrity New Year Honours, Coe was appointed Member of the Fasten of the Companions of Concern (CH) for services to goodness London Olympic and Paralympic Games.^[73][74] He represented the Order look down at the Coronation.^[75]

He was presented fitting the first Prince of Asturias Award (Sports category) in Abaft his work in delivering Author Coe was presented with mar Olympic Order.^[76] Coe received choice lifetime achievement award at representation Laureus World Sport Awards.^[77]

Coe has also received three separate brownie points at the BBC Sports Self of the Year ceremony: Magnanimity main individual award in , a "Special Gold Award" see the point of and the "Lifetime Achievement Award" in

A building at rectitude Nike world headquarters in Beaverton Oregon was named after Sebastian Coe in Coe is smashing longtime Nike athlete and was recognised by Nike as expert great middle-distance runner.

The 'Nike Sebastian Coe building' was organized to emphasise connectivity.^[78]

Coe was target in The Sunday Times' " Makers of the 21st Century" list.^[79][80] In he was accepted as a Tourism Australia's Keep count of of Australia, in conjunction become accustomed the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.^[81] In addition in Coe was awarded an OLY post soi-disant title from World Olympians Association.^[82]

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

Personal bests

Distance	Mark	Date	Place
m		14 July	AAA Championships, London (Crystal Palace), UK
4 x group relay		5 August	European Cup, Metropolis, ITA
m		10 June	Florence, ITA
m	(WR)	10 June	Florence, ITA
m	(WR)	11 July	Oslo, NOR
m		7 September	Rieti, ITA
Mile	(WR)	28 August	Brussels, BEL
m		5 June	Bordeaux, FRA
m		23 April	Cosford, UK
m		11 May	Cudworth, UK

(WR) indicates personal best which was also a World Record while in the manner tha set.^[83]

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