Lord
Sebastian COE

GBR
Entry in the IOC

2020

Born

29 September 1956

Games Participated
Athlete Profile
Education

BSE Honours degree in Economics and Social History, Loughborough University (UK)

Career

Athlete (retired 1990); Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne (1992-1997); Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition (1997-2001); Chair, London bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (2004); Chair, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) (2005-2012); Chair, British Olympic Association (2012-2016); Executive Chairman of CSM Sport and Entertainment (2013-2020); Non-Executive Chairman of CSM Sport and Entertainment (now Wasserman) (2020-); Vice-President (2007-2015) and then President, International Association of Athletics Federations (now World Athletics) (2015-2019 and 2019-)

Sports practised

Athletics

Sports career

800m European indoor champion (1977); 12 Indoor and Outdoor World Records - 800m, 1000m, 1,500m and mile ; Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980: gold medal 1,500m, silver medal 800m; Games of the XXIII Olympiad Los Angeles 1984: gold medal 1,500m, silver medal 800m

Sports administration

Chair of the Diamond League AC; Member, Executive Council, Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC); Chair, ANOC Working Group on Youth; Council, Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF); British Olympic Association Board, as an IOC Member

Membership of other associations

Member, Laureus World Sport Academy; Founder and Trustee, Sebastian Coe Charitable Foundation CIO

Other activities

Chairman and Director, The Complete Leisure Group (CLG);; Non-Executive Director, Fortescue Metals Group; Chancellor, Loughborough University;; Strategic Advisor and ambassador for Vitality life and health insurance;; Ambassador, Horometrie SA; Chair, Manchester United Regeneration Taskforce

Awards and distinctions

BBC Sports Personality of the Year (1979);BBC Lifetime Achievement (2012); Appointed Life Peer and took title Lord Coe of Ranmore (2000); Knighthood in New Year’s Honours List (2006); Companion of Honour in recognition of the successful delivery of the Olympic and Paralympic Games London 2012 (2013)

IOC History

Member of the following commissions: First Athletes’ Commission (1981); Commission 2000; Programme Commission (2001); Coordination for Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2014-2021); Public Affairs and Social Development through Sport (2013-2021); Olympism 365 (2022-)