Lord Sebastian Coe is one of Britain's greatest ever athletes and an outstanding
motivational speaker .
Sebastion Coe lead the bid team that won the 2012 Olympic games for London. His career achievements include:
European Championships:
1978 Prague - 800m bronze
1982 Athens - 800m silver
1986 Stuttgart- 800m gold, 1500m gold.
European Cup:
1st 1979 and 1981,
World Cup 1st 1981, 2nd 1989.
Olympic Games:
1980 Moscow - 800m silver, 1500m gold
1984 Los Angeles - 800m silver, 1500m gold
He has held world records at 800m, 1000m, 1500m and one mile and has held a total of twelve world records. The 800m record stood for 16 years and was only broken in August 1997.
He was awarded the OBE in 1991 and in 1979 was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year. He was also chosen as the Sports Writer's Sportsman of the Year in 1979,1980,1981 and 1984.
Sebastian Coe retired from athletics in 1990 and became a Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Cambourne in 1992. From 1994-96 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Roger Freeman, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and in 1995 he was PPS to Nicholas Soames, Armed Forces Minister. In 1996 he was appointed Government Whip, and in 1997 he became a member of the International Olympic Committee.
He was a member of Campaign Team at Conservative Central Office with Responsibility for Youth, a member of National Heritage Select Committee and a member of the Employment Select Committee. Other posts included Vice Chairmanship for the Sports Council Board, membership of the Health Education Council, and Chair of The Sports Council's Olympic Review.
Sebastian Coe can look back on an athletics career of almost unparalleled achievement. He is a
motivational speaker who can talk with immense authority both on individual and team success.