Sebastian Coe

Coe was born on 29 September 1956 at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Hammersmith, London.{{cite web|url=http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Sport/021M-C0790X0019XX-0100V0 |title=Coe, Sebastian (Part 1 of 4). An Oral History of British Athletics – British Library |publisher=Sounds |date=29 September 1956 |access-date=20 February 2015}} His father was athletics coach Peter Coe and his mother, Tina Angela Lal, was of half Indian descent, born to a Punjabi father, Sardari Lal Malhotra, and an English/Irish mother, Vera (née Swan).{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

When he was less than a year old, Coe and his family moved to Warwickshire, where he later attended Bridgetown Primary School and Hugh Clopton Secondary School in Stratford-upon-Avon.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9664314/Running-My-Life-The-Autobiography-by-Seb-Coe-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9664314/Running-My-Life-The-Autobiography-by-Seb-Coe-review.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Running My Life: The Autobiography by Seb Coe, review |work=The Daily Telegraph |date= 14 November 2012|access-date=20 February 2015|last1=Hayward |first1=Paul }}{{cbignore}} The family then moved to Sheffield where he attended Tapton School, a secondary modern school, at Crosspool which became a comprehensive school while he was there{{cite web|url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6015782 |title=My Best Teacher – Sebastian Coe |work=Tes.co.uk |access-date=20 February 2015}}{{cite web|title=London 2012 chairman Lord Coe visits his old school|url=http://postcodegazette.com/news/9002024837/london-2012-chairman-lord-coe-visits-his-old-school-AT-sheffield-tapton-secondary-school/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131214231/http://postcodegazette.com/news/9002024837/london-2012-chairman-lord-coe-visits-his-old-school-AT-sheffield-tapton-secondary-school/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=31 January 2013|publisher=Postcodegazette.com|access-date=1 August 2012}} and Abbeydale Grange School. He joined Hallamshire Harriers at the age of 12, and soon became a middle-distance specialist, having been inspired by David Jackson, a geography teacher at Tapton School who had been a cross-country runner. Coe was coached by his own father and represented Loughborough University and later Haringey AC, now Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club when not competing for his country.{{cite web |url=http://www.made-in-sheffield.com/People/sebastianCoe.htm |title=Sebastian Coe, Made in Sheffield |access-date=20 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412105803/http://www.made-in-sheffield.com/People/sebastianCoe.htm |archive-date=12 April 2009 }}

Coe studied Economics and Social History at Loughborough University and won his first major race in 1977—an 800 metres event at the European indoor championships in San Sebastián, Spain. At Loughborough University he met an athletics coach, George Gandy, who developed "revolutionary" conditioning exercises to improve Coe's running.{{cite web |url=http://www.motleyhealth.com/fitness/george-gandys-tips-on-running-for-fitness |title=George Gandy's Tips on Running |work=Motleyhealth.com |date=25 August 2009 |access-date=6 December 2011}}

His mother, Tina Angela Lal, died in London, in 2005, aged 75. His father, Peter Coe, died on 9 August 2008, aged 88, while Coe was visiting Beijing.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/peter-coe-coach-and-father-of-sebastian-dies-at-88-889752.html|title=Peter Coe, coach and father of Sebastian, dies at 88|last=Hubbard|first=Alan|date=10 August 2008|work=The Independent|access-date=24 May 2012|location=London}}

File:RIAN archive 556242 Silver medalist of the 1980 Olympics in 800m running Sebastian Coe from Great Britain.jpg Coe first caught the public's attention on 14 March 1977 when he competed in the 800 m at the European Indoor Championships in San Sebastián, front-running the entire race and winning in 1:46.54, just short of the world indoor record. He ran in the Emsley Carr mile on 29 August 1977, outsprinting Filbert Bayi of Tanzania in the home straight and winning in 3:57.7. Eleven days later, on 9 September 1977, he ran the 800 m at the Coca-Cola Games at Crystal Palace in a time of 1:44.95, beating Andy Carter's 1:45.12 to claim his first UK national outdoor record.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

Coe's 1978 season continued to show his progression in the middle distances, though he raced only sparingly, as in early June he had suffered a serious ankle injury whilst out on a training run. On 18 August 1978, he ran the 800 m at the Ivo Van Damme Memorial meeting in Brussels, where he far outclassed the field and stormed home in a time of 1:44.25,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4rclWdVMas |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/F4rclWdVMas| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Seb Coe UK 800m record, 1978, Brussels.|date=31 December 1969|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} another UK national record.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

He first ran against his great rival Steve Ovett in a schools cross country race in 1972.{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/apr/18/50-olympic-moments-coe-ovett-moscow-1980|title=50 stunning Olympic moments No23: Coe v Ovett, Moscow 1980|date=18 April 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Simon |last=Burnton|location=London}} Neither won, nor did either win in their first major encounter, on 31 August 1978, in the 800 m at the European Championships in Prague. Ovett took second, breaking Coe's UK record with a time of 1:44.09, and Coe finished third; the race was won by the East German Olaf Beyer. According to Pat Butcher,{{cite book |first=Pat |last=Butcher |title=The Perfect Distance – Ovett & Coe: The Record-Breaking Rivalry |location=London |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |year=2004}} Coe's father and coach Peter Coe had encouraged him to run as fast as he could from the start. The early pace was indeed exceptionally fast: Coe ran 200 m in 24.3, 400 m in 49.32, and 600 m in 1:16.2; he then slowed and finished third in 1:44.76. A few weeks later, Coe reclaimed the UK record at Crystal Palace, setting an all-comers' mark of 1:43.97{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI6zEZaIgoU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/FI6zEZaIgoU| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Sebastian (Seb) Coe, UK record 800m 1978|date=31 December 1969|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} which ranked him second in the world that year. On 1 October 1978, Coe displayed to the world for the first time his phenomenal natural endurance by winning the Loughrea 4-Mile road race in Ireland in 17:54, defeating the likes of Eamonn Coghlan (who would win the 5000 m at the 1983 World Championships) and Mike McLeod (who would be the 1984 Olympic 10,000 m silver medalist), and breaking Brendan Foster's course record of 18:05.P.77, 'The Coe & Ovett File' All this off a season which had been focussed on 800 m, with only one race at 1500 m or the mile. This was a warning to the world's top milers of what was to happen the following summer.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

The next year, 1979, Coe set three world records in 41 days. He set the first two in Oslo, Norway, at 800 m (1:42.33) and the mile (3:48.95), then broke the world 1500 m record with his 3:32.03 in Zurich, Switzerland, becoming the first person to hold these three records at the same time. He easily won the 800 m at the European Cup in Turin in August, covering the last 200 m in 24.1, and anchored the British 4 × 400 m relay team with the quartet's fastest split, 45.5. He was voted Athlete of the Year by Athletics Weekly and Track and Field News and was ranked number one in the world at 800 m and 1500 m; no other athlete since has ranked number one at these distances in the same year.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

In 1980, Coe broke Rick Wohlhuter's world record for 1000 m with a time of 2:13.40. He held all four middle-distance world records—the 800 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, and mile—simultaneously (another unique feat) for one hour until Ovett broke his mile record. In the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Ovett and Coe each won the other's speciality: Ovett the 800 m and Coe the 1500 m. Coe took second in the 800 m after running what he described as "the worst tactical race of my life", while Ovett took third in the 1500. It was Ovett's first defeat at one mile or 1500 m in three years and 45 races. Coe covered the last 400 m in 52.2 and the last 100 m in 12.1 seconds, the fastest-ever finish in a championship final at this distance.{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1993/03/15/128213/sebastian-coe|title=Sebastian Coe|last=Lidz|first=Franz|work=SI.com|access-date=23 January 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article51171.ece|work=The Independent|location=London|title=Sebastian Coe: You Ask The Questions|date=11 August 2004|access-date=23 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108171127/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article51171.ece|archive-date=8 January 2008}}

Coe began 1981 with an indoor world record of 1:46.0 for 800 m at Cosford in February. On 10 June, he set a world 800 m record in Florence; his 1:41.73 remained unbeaten until August 1997. As of 2024, his time still stands as the UK record and puts him in a tie with Nijel Amos for the eighth fastest man ever at the distance (Only bettered by David Rudisha, Wilson Kipketer, Djamel Sedjati, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Marco Arop, Gabriel Tual, and Bryce Hoppel{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middlelong/800-metres/all/men/senior|title=800 Metres – men – senior – all|website=worldathletics.org|accessdate=7 September 2024}}). A month afterwards he set another world record with 2:12.18 for 1000 m, which was to last 19 years and to this day (2024) has only been bettered once. At this time, Coe was more than 1.7 seconds (about 14m) faster than anyone in history at both distances. Between these two record-breaking runs he won the Europa Cup 800 m semifinal, running the last 100 m in 11.3 (the fastest final 100 m ever recorded in a major international race), and achieved a personal best of 3:31.95 at 1500 m, despite dreadful pacemaking (he went through 400 m in 52.4 and 800 m in 1:49.1,T&FN the fastest start ever in an international 1500 m race at the time) by US 800 m runner James Robinson, who passed 400 m in 51.5. In August, Coe won the gold medal over 800 m at the European Cup final with a blistering last 200 m in 24.6 and last 100 m in 11.9. He then bettered the standard for the mile twice, first with 3:48.53 in Zürich and then with 3:47.33 in Brussels, on either side of Ovett's world record in Koblenz (3:48.40).{{cite web|url=https://www.runnerstribe.com/features/legends-of-athletics-seb-coes-top-5-races/|title=Two-time Olympic 1500 m champion, Sebastian Coe's Top 5 Races|date=6 September 2017|website=Runners Tribe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123074005/https://www.runnerstribe.com/features/legends-of-athletics-seb-coes-top-5-races/|archive-date=23 January 2018|access-date=23 January 2018}} His 3:47.33 remained on the all-time top-10 list until 31 May 2014.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

Coe ended the season with gold over 800 m at the World Cup in Rome in September with 1:46.16 (and a 12.0 last 100 mAthletics Weekly), and remained undefeated at both 1500 m/mile and 800 m for the entire season, as he had in 1979. Track & Field News and Athletics Weekly magazines voted Coe Athlete of the Year, an honour he had also won in 1979. Although he had a short season in 1982 because of injuries in June and July, Coe still managed to rank number one in the world in the 800 m and to participate in a world-record 4 × 800 m relay. Coe, Peter Elliott, Garry Cook and Steve Cram ran a time of 7:03.89, which would remain the world record for 24 years. Coe's leg was the fastest of the day, a solo 1:44.01. Heavily favoured for the 800 m at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens, he unexpectedly finished second; the next day British team doctors revealed that he had been suffering from glandular fever. Coe decided to withdraw from the 1500 metres in those championships.

Coe began 1983 with world indoor records at 800 m in Cosford, England (1:44.91, breaking his own 1:46.0 from 1981) and 1000 m (2:18.58) in Oslo, but he spent much of that year battling health problems, including a prolonged bout with toxoplasmosis. He missed the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article537461.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510204637/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article537461.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 May 2011|work=The Times|location=London|title=Olympics bid Coe's finest race|date=26 June 2005|access-date=23 May 2010|first=Anushka|last=Asthana}} The disease was severe, and he spent several months in and out of hospital. He returned to competition in 1984 and was selected at 800 m and 1500 m for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, despite having been narrowly beaten by Peter Elliott in the AAA Championships. In the 800 m he took silver behind Joaquim Cruz of Brazil, but in the 1500 m final—his seventh race in nine days—he took the gold in an Olympic record of 3:32.53. He ran the last 800 m of the race in 1:49.8, the last lap in 53.2, and the last 100 m in 12.7. He remains the only man to win successive Olympic 1500 m titles.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

Coe had planned to have a somewhat quiet season in 1985, partly because of the intensity of the previous year's efforts to get himself ready in time for the Olympics, as well as a planned move up to 5000 m, which never materialised. He suffered a recurrence of a back problem which had plagued him on and off since 1980; this caused him to miss several weeks of midseason training. He nevertheless managed to run some fast times towards the end of the season, but he lost his mile world record to Cram, who beat him in Oslo. In 1986, Coe won the 800 m gold medal at the European Championships in Stuttgart, beating Tom McKean and Cram{{cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1830815,00.html|work=The Guardian|location=London|title=Frozen in time: 28 August 1986|date=30 July 2006|access-date=23 May 2010}} with a stunning last 200 m of 24.8 and 100 m of 12.4. It was his only 800 m title at an international championship. He took the silver in the 1500 m behind Cram, the mile world record holder proving too strong in the homestretch. He then ran his personal best over 1500 m with a 3:29.77 performance in Rieti, Italy, becoming the fourth man in history to break 3:30 at the distance. For the fourth year in his career (1979, 1981, 1982 & 1986), he was ranked No. 1 in the world at 800 m, and he was in the top two for 1500 m for the fifth time.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

Coe sustained a foot injury in 1987{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/08/03/briefs-359/|title=Briefs|date=3 August 1987|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=23 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123075536/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-08-03/sports/8702260758_1_jerome-harmon-copeland-sebastian-coe|archive-date=23 January 2018}} after winning an 800 m and running a 4 × 400 m leg for his club, Haringey, and was out for the entire season. The following year he was not selected for the British 1988 Olympic Games team after he failed to advance from the heats of the 1500 m at the Trials in Birmingham. He had shown good early season form, but he picked up a chest infection after a spell of altitude training. The Daily Mirror ran a campaign and the president of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, unsuccessfully tried to have the rules changed in Coe's favour. It was said that India was willing to include him on its national team on account of his mother's Indian heritage.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/mihirbose/2008/08/when_london_stages_the_games.html |title=Coe's London legacy challenge |first=Mihir |last=Bose |author-link=Mihir Bose |work=BBC News |date=20 August 2008 |access-date=20 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828171521/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/mihirbose/2008/08/when_london_stages_the_games.html |archive-date=28 August 2008 }}

Coe had a final good season in 1989, when, in his 33rd year (at age 32), he won the AAA 1500 m title, was ranked British number one for both 800 m and 1500 m, ran the world's second-fastest 800 m of the year (1:43.38), and took the silver medal at the World Cup over 1500 m. He retired from competitive athletics in early 1990, after having to bow out of the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand with yet another chest infection. He ended his career having run sub-1:44 for 800 m in eight different years.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

A scene in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire recreates a race in which competitors attempt to run round the perimeter of the Great Court at Trinity College, Cambridge in the time it takes the clock to double-strike the hour at midday or midnight. Many have tried to run the {{convert|367|m|yd|abbr=off}} around the court in the 43.6 seconds that it takes to strike 12 o'clock. Known as the Great Court Run, students traditionally attempt to complete the circuit on the evening of the matriculation dinner. The only persons recognised to have actually completed the run in time are David Cecil in 1927 and Sam Dobin in 2007. It was thought that Coe had succeeded when he beat Steve Cram in a charity race in October 1988 in a time of 42.53 seconds. A video of the race, however, apparently shows that Coe was 12 metres short of the finish line when the last chime sounded, so Trinity College never officially accepted his time.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Coe was elected as Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne in 1992, for the Conservative Party,{{London Gazette|issue=52903|date=24 April 1992|page=7176}} but lost his seat in the 1997 general election. He returned to politics for a short time as Leader of the Opposition William Hague's chief of staff, having accepted the offer of a Life Peerage on 16 May 2000.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-judo-made-a-man-out-of-hague-707222.html| work=The Independent| title=How judo made a man out of Hague|first=Cole |last=Morton|date=23 July 2000|access-date=3 September 2010|location=London}}

Coe served as a Chairman of the London 2012 Bid Committee, and also as a Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Throughout and following the bidding process, critics lambasted Coe for allegedly compromising the integrity of London's 2012 bid through aggressive tactics and alleged backroom deals. They argued that his forceful lobbying overshadowed the need for transparency and accountability, suggesting his drive to win came at the cost of ethical standards.{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Denis |date=24 April 2005 |title=Olympic bribes row forces London into £15m U-turn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/24/olympics2012.olympicgames |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=The Observer |issn=0029-7712}}

Sebastian Coe's election as the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President was overshadowed by allegations of his ties to Papa Massata Diack, the son of former IAAF President Lamine Diack, who was at the center of a corruption, extortion and doping scandal, and was sentenced to prison as a result. Text messages indicated that Diack Jr. played a key role in securing votes for Coe, providing insider information and support during the election. Diack Jr. said Coe would not have become IAAF president without his help.{{cite news |date=16 June 2016 |title=Sebastian Coe helped to IAAF presidency by 'corrupt' official |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/36541301 |access-date=19 March 2025 |work=BBC Sport }}

Sebastian Coe has faced significant criticism for his stance on Russian and Belarusian athletes in the aftermath of the invasion of Ukraine. In a strong defense of World Athletics' ban, Coe emphasized that he could not remain neutral in the matter, citing his personal feelings about the conflict. This position has been challenged by Russian officials, including Russian Olympic Committee President Stanislav Pozdnyakov, who accused Coe of pursuing a "Russophobic" agenda. Coe has resisted the International Olympic Committee’s recommendations for Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to competitions as individual neutrals under certain conditions, insisting he is "not a neutral". Such assertion of Coe contradicts the IOC's principle of political neutrality, as outlined in the Olympic Charter and Code of Ethics.{{cite news |date=18 August 2023 |title=Coe accused by Pozdnyakov of leading Russophobic World Athletics |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1139979/coe-accused-by-pozdnyakov-of-russophobia |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240723050224/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1139979/coe-accused-by-pozdnyakov-of-russophobia |archive-date=23 July 2024 |access-date=19 March 2025}}{{cite web |last=Rowbottom |first=Mike |date=2 August 2023 |title=Coe sticks by World Athletics ban on Russians and Belarusians, insisting "I am not a neutral" |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1139491/coe-world-athletics-ban-russians-defence}}{{cite web |date=19 March 2024 |title=Declaration by the IOC against the politicisation of sport |url=https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/declaration-by-the-ioc-against-the-politicisation-of-sport}}

Coe has faced serious allegations of misleading a UK parliamentary committee regarding the timing and extent to which he was aware of the doping and corruption issues within the IAAF. Evidence showed that Coe received an email detailing the corruption and extortion claims months before a German television documentary exposed the scandal.{{cite news |date=5 March 2018 |title=Lord Coe gave 'misleading' answers over doping allegations, says report |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/43281273 |access-date=20 March 2025 |work=BBC Sport }} He was also accused of blocking the release of a report from the University of Tübingen with the extent of doping.{{cite web |date=5 March 2018 |title=Sebastian Coe accused of misleading inquiry into Russian doping |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/mar/05/sebastian-coe-inquiry-russia-doping |website=TheGuardian.com}}

Coe's bid for IOC presidency is marred by divisive proposals that have sparked widespread criticism. Coe's radical idea of relocating indoor summer sports to the Winter Olympics is seen as a reckless move and chaotic strategy that could disrupt the harmony and balance of both events, while irreparably damaging its credibility.{{cite news |date=20 December 2024 |title=Lord Coe’s controversial Olympic plans |url=https://euroweeklynews.com/2024/12/20/lord-coes-controversial-plans-for-an-olympic-shake-up/ |access-date=20 March 2025 |work=Euro Weekly News }}

In May 2024, IOC President Thomas Bach suggested that instead of offering prize money for Olympic gold medalists in Paris, World Athletics should focus its funding on supporting athletes at the other end of the spectrum. This came after World Athletics, led by Sebastian Coe, broke a 128-year tradition by announcing it would become the first sport to offer $50,000 in prize money for its Olympic champions. The announcement was met with sharp criticism from several IOC members, and leaders of other international sports federations, which accused Coe of failing to consult them prior to his unilateral move.{{cite news |date=19 April 2024 |title=2024 Olympic Games: Federations critical of World Athletics prize money |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/68857933 |access-date=20 March 2025 |work=BBC Sport }}{{cite web |last=Grohmann |first=Karolos |date=3 May 2024 |title=IOC hints lack of solidarity due to World Athletics' prize money decision |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/ioc-hints-lack-solidarity-athletics-prize-money-decision-2024-05-03/}}{{cite news |date=25 May 2024 |title=IOC criticises World Athletics' prize money plan for Paris 2024 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1145568/thomas-bach-paying-athletes-paris-2024 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240809035225/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1145568/thomas-bach-paying-athletes-paris-2024 |archive-date=9 August 2024 |access-date=20 March 2025}}

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When London announced its bid to hold the 2012 Olympics, Coe became an ambassador for the effort and a member of the board of the bid company. With the May 2004 resignation of chairman Barbara Cassani, Coe became the chairman for the latter phase of the bid. As Coe was a well-known personality in Olympic sport, it was felt he was better suited to the diplomatic finesse needed to secure the IOC's backing. Coe's presentation at the critical IOC meeting in July 2005 was viewed by commentators as being particularly effective, against tough competition from Paris and Madrid, and the London bid won the IOC's blessing on 6 July.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4656275.stm|work=BBC Sport|title=Profile: Lord Coe|date=31 December 2005|access-date=23 May 2010|first=Mark|last=Orlovac}}

Coe attended the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver to see how the city coped with the challenges of hosting. Lord Coe noted the Games had "gradually recovered from its tumultuous start" and queried that he "never thought the British would find rivals in their preoccupation with the weather which is almost elevated to an Olympic event" as he credited VANOC for meeting unforeseen challenges such as the unseasonably warm weather of Cypress Mountain. Coe added "Rarely have I seen a host city so passionate and so ready to embrace the Games".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/feb/18/sebastian-coe-winter-olympics|title=Sebastian Coe defends Vancouver Winter Olympics from critics|date=18 February 2010|work=The Guardian}}{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter-olympics/7293583/Winter-Olympics-2010-Vancouver-so-passionate-to-embrace-Games-says-Seb-Coe.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter-olympics/7293583/Winter-Olympics-2010-Vancouver-so-passionate-to-embrace-Games-says-Seb-Coe.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first1=Sebastian | last1=Coe | title=Winter Olympics 2010: Vancouver so passionate to embrace Games, says Seb Coe | date=23 February 2010}}{{cbignore}}

Coe was instrumental in asking Queen Elizabeth II to star in Happy and Glorious, a short film featuring James Bond, which formed part of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. The director of the ceremony, Danny Boyle first pitched the idea to Coe, who loved it so much that he took it to Edward Young, Deputy Private Secretary to the Queen. A friend of Coe's from their days of advising William Hague, Young "listened sagely, laughed, and promised to ask the Boss". Coe was subsequently informed that she would love to take part.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Coe was appointed the first chairman of FIFA's independent watchdog, the FIFA Ethics Committee. The commission will judge all cases alleging conflicts of interest and breaches of FIFA rules.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/7056420.stm|work=BBC News|title=Fifa and Coe|date=29 October 2007|access-date=23 May 2010}} FIFA president Sepp Blatter made the announcement in Zurich on 15 September 2006 and said: "It is perhaps a surprise but it has been very well received. We have found an outstanding personality in the world of sport, a great personality in the Olympic movement." His appointment makes him one of the most senior Englishmen to work for FIFA.{{cite news|url=http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/news/article1603884.ece|work=The Independent|location=London|title=Coe accepts new Fifa role as ethics watchdog|first=Martyn|last=Ziegler|date=16 September 2006|access-date=23 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108171159/http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/news/article1603884.ece|archive-date=8 January 2008}}

He stood down from this post to join the English committee that failed to bring the 2018 World Cup to England, with Russia chosen to host instead.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/deposits/depositedpapers/2009/DEP2009-0995.pdf|title=The London 2012 Organising Committee Board|year=2008|publisher=British Parliament|page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716070936/http://www.parliament.uk/deposits/depositedpapers/2009/DEP2009-0995.pdf|archive-date=16 July 2012|url-status=dead}}

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In 2007 Coe was appointed as vice President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and was reappointed in 2011. When Lamine Diack president of the IAAF announced that he was standing down in 2013 seemed likely to announce Coe as his successor as there had never been an election for the President position.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10206600/Lord-Coe-poised-to-become-IAAF-president-after-Lamine-Diack-confirms-he-will-step-down.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10206600/Lord-Coe-poised-to-become-IAAF-president-after-Lamine-Diack-confirms-he-will-step-down.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Lord Coe poised to become IAAF president after Lamine Diack confirms he will step down|date=27 July 2013|work=Telegraph.co.uk|last1=Hart|first1=Simon}}{{cbignore}} Coe, in November 2014 announced that he would stand for election for this position in 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/nov/27/lord-coe-president-iaaf-london-olympic-games|title=Lord Coe to stand for presidency of IAAF next year|first=Owen |last=Gibson|work=The Guardian|date=27 November 2014}} In December 2014, Coe unveiled his manifesto, 'Growing Athletics in a New Age.'{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/11269306/Sebastian-Coe-I-want-to-lead-athletics-into-a-new-era.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/11269306/Sebastian-Coe-I-want-to-lead-athletics-into-a-new-era.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sebastian Coe: I want to lead athletics into a new era|date=2 December 2014|work=Telegraph.co.uk|last1=Coe|first1=Sebastian}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-athletics-coe-idUKKCN0JH10B20141203|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106093800/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-athletics-coe-idUKKCN0JH10B20141203|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 January 2016|title=Presidential hopeful Coe pledges revamp|work=reuters.com|date=3 December 2014}} On 19 August 2015, in Beijing, he was elected president of IAAF against Sergey Bubka, by 115 votes to 92 votes.{{cite news|title=Athletics: Sebastian Coe elected IAAF president|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/athletics/33983432|work=BBC Sport|access-date=19 August 2015|date=19 August 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Nathan|first1=Alec|title=Sebastian Coe Elected IAAF President: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2551009-sebastian-coe-elected-iaaf-president-latest-details-comments-and-reaction|website=Bleacher Report|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|access-date=19 August 2015}} On 17 August 2023, in Budapest, he was re-elected unopposed for a third and final term of office as President. {{cite news|title=Coe re-elected as president of World Athletics |url= https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/sebastian-coe-re-elections-president-world-athletics-third-time/article67205053.ece/ |access-date=17 August 2023|work=The Hindu|date=17 August 2023}}

In 2015 Lord Coe's presidency of IAAF created turmoil when major sponsor Adidas terminated a multimillion sponsorship deal four years early.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/35385415|title=Adidas to end IAAF sponsorship deal early in wake of doping crisis|date=4 March 2018|work=BBC Sport}}

Following the London Olympics, Coe was appointed as Chairman of the British Olympic Association, replacing Lord Moynihan.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19970857|title=Lord Coe becomes chairman of British Olympic Association|work=BBC News|date=7 November 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/nov/07/sebastian-coe-british-olympic-association-chairman|title=Sebastian Coe vows to punish drug cheats after becoming BOA chairman |access-date=7 November 2012 | location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Owen|last=Gibson|date=7 November 2012}}

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Coe has been appointed a member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Coordination Commission{{cite news|url=http://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-announces-composition-of-tokyo-2020-and-buenos-aires-2018-coordination-commissions/213465|title=IOC announces composition of Tokyo 2020 and Buenos Aires 2018 Coordination Commissions|publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=16 October 2013}} representing the Association of National Olympic Committees.

On 17 July 2020, Coe was elected a member of the International Olympic Committee.{{cite news |title=Lord Coe elected as member of International Olympic Committee |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/53445022 |access-date=17 July 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=17 July 2020 }} In September 2024, he was announced as one of seven candidates in the running to succeed Thomas Bach as IOC president.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cx2mmldmjnno|title=Coe among seven candidates to be new IOC president|date=16 September 2024 |work=BBC Sport|accessdate=16 September 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/seven-candidates-announced-for-ioc-presidency|title=Seven candidates announced for IOC presidency|publisher=olympics.com|accessdate=16 September 2024}} He received eight votes at the 144th IOC Session in March 2025, with Kirsty Coventry winning the election.{{cite web |date=20 March 2025 |title=Kirsty Coventry elected first female IOC president as Lord Coe beaten in vote |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/cy4v91e3e1wo |access-date=25 March 2025 |website=BBC Sport }}

After graduating in 1980, and a few months after his exploits on the track in the 1980–81 seasons, Coe got a job as a research assistant at the Loughborough University of Technology in the department of Physical Education and Sports Science. At this time he shared a semi-detached home with his close friend Steve Mitchell.{{cn|date=April 2022}}

In 1990, when resident in Surrey, Coe married Nicky McIrvine, a former Badminton three-day-event champion, with whom he has two sons and two daughters.{{cite news|last=Toolis|first=Kevin|title=Sebastian Coe: the running mate|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2001/feb/18/conservatives.uk|access-date=13 March 2012|work=The Guardian|date=18 February 2001|location=London}} The marriage ended in divorce in 2002 after twelve years.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/feb/13/lords.olympics2012|title=The Observer Profile: Sebastian Coe|last=Balding|first=Clare|date=13 February 2005|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 January 2018}}

In 2003, Coe began a relationship with Carole Annett; the couple wed in 2011. She is the daughter of former England cricket captain M. J. K. Smith.{{cite news|first=Brian |last=Viner |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sebastian-coe-lord-of-the-rings-7962382.html |title=Sebastian Coe: Lord of the rings |work=The Independent |date=21 July 2012 |access-date=20 February 2015}}

Coe is a worldwide ambassador for Nike and owns a string of health clubs with a membership of more than 20,000. He is a member of the East India Club, a private gentlemen's club in St James's Square. He has supported London athletic events such as the London 10K of Nike and the British 10K charity race. On 12 February 2010, Coe was the 19th runner on the 106th day of the Vancouver Olympic Torch Relay. Coe's leg was along the Stanley Park Seawall.{{cite news|url=http://olympics.thestar.com/2010/article/764519--how-vancouver-almost-lost-the-2010-olympics|title=How Vancouver almost lost the 2010 Olympics|date=12 February 2010|work=Toronto Star|access-date=12 February 2010}}

In October 2012, Coe was appointed chairman of Chime Communications sports marketing subsidiary, CSM Sport and Entertainment.{{cite web|title=Lord Coe announced as new Chairman of CSM|url=http://www.pmplegacy.com/default.aspx?id=1521&n=1349&cid=0&rid=0&catid=0&resid=670|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104141732/http://www.pmplegacy.com/default.aspx?id=1521&n=1349&cid=0&rid=0&catid=0&resid=670|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2013|work=PMPLegacy|publisher=CSM Sport & Entertainment plc|access-date=2 November 2013}} The company also entered into an 'option agreement' to buy Coe's 93% interest in CLG, the firm which acts as a vehicle for his earnings from speeches and appearances.{{cite web|title=Chime Hires Seb Coe to Chair Sports Marketing Unit|url=http://www.mrweb.com/drno/news16312.htm|work=MrWeb|publisher=DRNO Worldwide|access-date=2 November 2013}}

Coe appeared in an episode of the BBC TV series Who Do You Think You Are?, which showed that he is descended from John Astley, the portrait painter, Jamaican sugar farmers and slave owners, George Clarke, Lieutenant Governor of New York Colony, and Edward Hyde of Norbury.{{cite news|last=Singh|first=Anita|title=Sebastian Coe's roots go back to a sugar cane baron who kept 300 slaves|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8711531/Sebastian-Coes-roots-go-back-to-sugar-cane-baron-who-kept-300-slaves.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8711531/Sebastian-Coes-roots-go-back-to-sugar-cane-baron-who-kept-300-slaves.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=26 August 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=20 August 2011|location=London}}{{cbignore}}

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Coe retired from the House of Lords on 31 January 2022.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |title=Retirement of a Member: Lord Coe |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2022-01-31/debates/C8AC87C2-F761-4FFA-A898-2AEC4E5C9BCF/RetirementOfAMemberLordCoe |house=House of Lords |date=31 January 2022 |column=611 |speaker=The Lord McFall of Alcluith |position=Lord Speaker}}

He is a columnist for The Daily Telegraph.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/09/sebastian-coe-olympic-hero-still-loftier-ambitions |title=Sebastian Coe: Olympic hero fighting to save his sport's name |last1=Oliver |first1=Brian |date=9 August 2015 |work=The Guardian |access-date=9 August 2015}}

Coe was made an Honorary Doctor of Technology (Hon DTech) by his alma mater, Loughborough University in 1985. In November 2009, he was awarded an honorary degree as Doctor of Science (Hon DSc) from the University of East London.{{cite news|title=University of East London honours Olympic stars Coe, Ohuruogu and Hunter|url=http://www.podium.ac.uk/news/view/266/university-of-east-london-honours-olympic-stars-coe-ohuruogu-and-hunter|access-date=16 January 2012|newspaper=Podium|date=8 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425004258/http://www.podium.ac.uk/news/view/266/university-of-east-london-honours-olympic-stars-coe-ohuruogu-and-hunter|archive-date=25 April 2012}} In 2009, he also was awarded an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.{{cite web|url=http://www.architecture.com/NewsAndPress/News/RIBANews/News/2009/RIBAannounces12HonoraryFellowships.aspx|date=6 October 2009|title=RIBA announces 12 Honorary Fellowships|publisher=architecture.com|access-date=15 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181957/http://www.architecture.com/NewsAndPress/News/RIBANews/News/2009/RIBAannounces12HonoraryFellowships.aspx|archive-date=16 April 2014}} He also received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Sunderland in 2011.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-14126737 |title=Lord Coe receives an honorary doctorate in Sunderland |work=BBC News |date=12 July 2011 |access-date=20 February 2015}}

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1982 New Year Honours and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1990 New Year Honours. On 16 May 2000, he was created a Life Peer as Baron Coe, of Ranmore in the County of Surrey.{{London Gazette|issue=55852|date=19 May 2000|page=5531}} He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours for services to sport. In the 2013 New Year Honours, Coe was appointed Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) for services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.{{London Gazette |issue=60367 |date=29 December 2012 |page=28 |supp=y }}{{cite web |url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/NY2013-list.pdf#page=1 |title=Order of the Companions of Honour |publisher=Cabinet Office |date=29 December 2012 |access-date=29 December 2012}} He represented the Order at the 2023 Coronation.{{cite news |title=Coronation order of service in full |work=BBC News |date=5 May 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65503950 |access-date=6 May 2023}}

He was presented with the first Prince of Asturias Award (Sports category) in 1987. After his work in delivering London 2012 Coe was presented with an Olympic Order.{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/news/thank-you-london/172879 |title=Thank you, London! |publisher=Olympic.org |date=14 August 2012 |access-date=31 December 2012}} Coe received another lifetime achievement award at the Laureus World Sport Awards.{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/other-sports/laureus-world-sports-awards-jessica-ennis-named-sportswoman-of-year-8530330.html|title=Laureus World Sports Awards: Jessica Ennis named Sportswoman of Year|work=Evening Standard|date=12 March 2013|access-date=12 March 2013}}

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.

A building at the Nike world headquarters in Beaverton Oregon was named after Sebastian Coe in 2017. Coe is a longtime Nike athlete and was recognised by Nike as a great middle-distance runner. The 'Nike Sebastian Coe building' was designed to emphasise connectivity.{{cite web|url=https://news.nike.com/news/nike-names-four-new-whq-buildings|title=Nike Names Four New WHQ Buildings|website=Nike News}}

Coe was included in The Sunday Times' "100 Makers of the 21st Century" list.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/article1382724.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316110912/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/article1382724.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2014|title=Britain's movers and shakers – The Sunday Times|work=thesundaytimes.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BiRvAsgCUAEY66V.png |format=PNG |title=Sebastian Coe |publisher=Pbs.twimg.com |access-date=20 February 2015}} In 2018 he was recognised as a Tourism Australia's Friend of Australia, in conjunction with the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.{{cite web|url=http://trademinister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2018/sc_mr_180123.aspx|title=Lord Coe made Friend of Australia|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=23 January 2018}} In addition in 2018 Coe was awarded an OLY post nominal title from World Olympians Association.{{cite web|url=https://olympians.org/news/1127/oly-honours-for-olympic-legends/|title=OLY honours for Olympic legends|website=olympians.org}}

At the 2024 Millrose Games, Coe was the recipient of The Armory's Presidents Award.

(WR) indicates personal best which was also a World Record when set.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/e-inspire/hall-of-fame-athletes/sebastian-coe/|title=British Athletics Official WebsiteSebastian Coe|work=britishathletics.org.uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628172719/http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/e-inspire/hall-of-fame-athletes/sebastian-coe/|archive-date=28 June 2014}}

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