Sebastian Coe

The Right Honourable The Lord Coe CH KBE HonFRIBA
President of the International Association of Athletics Federations
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 August 2015
Preceded by	Lamine Diack
Chairman of the British Olympic Association
In office 7 November 2012 – 24 November 2016
President	The Princess Royal
Preceded by	The Lord Moynihan
Succeeded by	Sir Hugh Robertson
President of the Organising Committee for the Summer Olympic Games
In office 24 August 2008 – 12 August 2012
President	Jacques Rogge
Preceded by	Liu Qi
Succeeded by	Carlos Arthur Nuzman
Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
In office 18 May 2004 – 30 May 2013 Chair of the London Bid: 18 May 2004 – 7 October 2005
Preceded by	Barbara Cassani
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition
In office 19 June 1997 – 13 September 2001
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Jonathan Powell
Succeeded by	Jenny Ungless
Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne
In office 9 April 1992 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by	David Mudd
Succeeded by	Candy Atherton
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2000 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	Sebastian Newbold Coe (1956-09-29) 29 September 1956 (age 60) Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Nicky McIrvine (1990–2002) Carole Annett (2011–present)
Children	4
Alma mater	Loughborough University
Religion	Anglicanism
Sports career
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800 m 1500 m
Team	Hallamshire Harriers, Sheffield Haringey AC, London
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Men's athletics Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 1500 m 1984 Los Angeles 1500 m 1980 Moscow 800 m 1984 Los Angeles 800 m European Athletics Championships 1986 Stuttgart 800 m 1982 Athens 800 m 1986 Stuttgart 1500 m 1978 Prague 800 m

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH, KBE, FRIBA (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, Lord 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 – including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days – 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 for Falmouth and Camborne in Cornwall, 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 elected a vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), and re-elected for another four-year term in 2011. In August 2015 he was elected president of the IAAF.

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