Lord Sebastian Coe, OBE

He retired from competitive athletics in 1990 and was a Member of Parliament for Falmouth & Camborne from 1992 to 1997. He has also chaired the Sports Council’s Olympic Review. He has written five books, which include Born to Run (co-written by David Miller), Comeback (co-written by David Miller), Running for Fitness (co-written by Peter Coe), The Olympians and More Than a Game, and he is an experienced broadcaster and public speaker. Other recreational pastimes include listening to jazz and visiting the theatre.

Seb’s awards and qualifications are listed below:

• 1979 BSc Economics, Loughborough University
• 1979 BBC Sports Personality of the Year
• 1979, 80, 81 & 84 Sports Writer’s Sportsman of the Year
• 1981-92 Chairman, Athletes Commission, International Olympic Committee
• 1982 Kipphurth Fellowship, Yale University
• 1983-90 Appointed to Sports Council
• 1986-89 Vice Chairman to Sports Council
• 1987-93 Medical Commission, International Olympic Committee
• 1991 Awarded OBE
• 1994-to date Regular Contributor, BBC Radio 5 Sport
• 1994-96 Parliamentary Private Secretary to Roger Freeman, MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1995 Parliamentary Private Secretary to Nicholas Soames, MP, Minister for the Armed Forces
• 1996 Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Heseltine, MP, Deputy Prime Minister
• 1997 Appointed Government Whip
• 1997-to date Sport for All Commission, International Olympic Committee
• 1997-2001 Appointed Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition (Rt Hon William Hague, MP)
• 1998 British Sports Writer’s Award for ‘Most Outstanding Contribution to Sport in the last 50 years’
• 1999 2000 Commission International Olympic Committee
• 1999 Appointed Chairman of Fast Track Ltd
• 1999 Appointed President of the Amateur Athletic Association
• 2000 Elevated to The House of Lords, The Lord Coe, OBE