Awards & Winners

Sebastian Coe

Date of Birth 29-September-1956
Place of Birth Hammersmith
(London, United Kingdom)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Athlete, Track and field athlete, Politician
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH, KBE, 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 – 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, 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 2012, Coe was appointed Pro-Chancellor at Loughborough University where he had been an undergraduate, and is also a member of the University’s governing body. In November 2012 he was also appointed chairman of the British Olympic Association. In 2012 he was of one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame. Coe was presented with the Lifetime Achievement award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in December 2012.

Awards by Sebastian Coe

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sebastian Coe.

2013


National Television Award for Landmark Achievement
(In recognition of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games)
Laureus World Sports Award for Lifetime Achievement

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

1979


BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award