Lord Coe's Biography
Sebastian Coe was born on 29 September 1956 in Chiswick, London.
Seb Coe became a top-flight middle-distance runner and famously set three world records in less than six weeks in 1979 - for the 800m, 1 mile, 1500m.
Seb Coe won gold in the 1500m and silver in the 800m in the 1980 Olympics - a performance he replicated in 1984.
The early eighties were a golden period for English middle-distance running with Coe and his great rival Steve Ovett dominating the world.
Seb Coe was a Conservative MP from 1992-7.
In the New Year Honours List on 31 December 2005, Lord Coe became a KBE after leading London's successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics.
