Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH KBE FRIBA, often referred to as Seb Coe or Lord Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Lord 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...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 September 1956
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We are delighted that he will be flying the flag for us on July 6th.
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We are delighted - a lot of hard work has paid off
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We are taking home the biggest prize in sport.
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David Higgins did not say there was a two billion overrun. This is not what he said and he did not mention a figure.
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I joined the local athletics club when I was 12, that's what I did. I did it of my own volition.
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Everybody recognises that giving young people competitive outlet through sport is a very good thing.
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The biggest fragility in a project is often just the inability to be able to explain to people why you are doing it, and when you're going to do it, and what's going to happen.
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The international people tell us that we are taken seriously and that there is a momentum.
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Doing as much as we can in the critical early years of the Olympic planning cycle will ensure that London and the U.K. get the best possible long-term benefits from the new Olympic facilities and services,
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You hope all good athletes run on the balls of their feet. You don't want them coming down heel first. The perfect style is the foot to come down with a slight supination and on a tilt to the outside.
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Don't expect to see an Olympic Stadium up after Christmas, but don't also be lulled into believing nothing is happening because right at this moment, construction is underway. Work has started and it's started very quickly.
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There is nothing so marginal as a party that has been in power for 18 years and slides into opposition. You influence nothing.
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At university level, I had an economics lecturer who used to joke that I was the only student who handed in essays on British Airways notepaper.
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I actually don't believe in big government, and half the time I'm never quite sure I believe in government, generally.