Lord
Sebastian COE
BSE Honours degree in Economics and Social History, Loughborough University (UK)
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-)
Athletics
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
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
Member, Laureus World Sport Academy; Founder and Trustee, Sebastian Coe Charitable Foundation CIO
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
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)
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-)