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Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH, KBE (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe or Lord Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete.
As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984.
He set eight outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events โ including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days โ and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997.
Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH, KBE (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe or Lord Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete.
As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984.
He set eight outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events โ including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days โ and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997.
Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.
Following Coe's retirement from athletics, he was a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party from 1992 to 1997 and became a Life Peer on 16 May 2000.
He headed the successful London bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and became chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games.
In 2007, he was also elected a vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations. On 25 August 2011, he was re-elected for another four-year term.
In November 2012 he was appointed chairman of the British Olympic Association.
Coe has been appointed a member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Coordination Commission representing the Association of National Olympic Committees.
In 2012 he was of one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1982 and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1990.
On 16 May 2000, he was created a Life Peer as Baron Coe of Ranmore in the County of Surrey.He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours for services to sport.
After his work in delivering London 2012 Coe was presented with an Olympic Order. In the 2013 New Year Honours, Coe was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) for services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Coe has also received three separate awards at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony: the main individual award in 1979, a "Special Gold Award" in 2005 and the "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2012.
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