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  Sebastian Coe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, OBE (born 29 September 1956) is a British athlete, and Conservative Party politician.
Coe was appointed MBE in 1982 and OBE in 1990.
Coe became member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne in 1992, for the Conservative Party, but lost his seat in the 1997 general election.
www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Sebastian_Coe   (594 words)

  
 Sebastian Coe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sebastian Coe was born on September 29, 1956, in Chiswick, London.
Sebastian Coe won county and schools championships at 3,000m, 1,500m and the cross country.
Coe was a popular British runner who went on to win the gold medal in the 1500m and silver medal in the 800m at both 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
www.paralumun.com /sportcoe.htm   (93 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | The Guardian profile: Sebastian Coe
Coe and Ovett raced each other on only seven occasions yet their rivalry is among the most famous in sport and changed the face of athletics.
Yet Coe always made it clear that his ambitions lay in mainstream politics and, perhaps emboldened by ambitious claims in the media that he could indeed one day become prime minister, he stood and was elected as the Conservative MP for Falmouth and Camborne in 1992.
Coe is knowledgeable follower of a wide range of sports, including football (he is a season ticket holder at Chelsea) and boxing, and has a massive collection of jazz records.
www.guardian.co.uk /olympics2012/story/0,14174,1221580,00.html   (1605 words)

  
 Sebastian Coe Biography / Biography of Sebastian Coe Biography Biography
Sebastian Coe (born 1956) was one of Britain's greatest runners.
Sebastian Coe was born on September 29, 1956 in London, England.
Coe was encouraged to play sports, but his family took him to the theater and museums as well.
www.bookrags.com /biography-sebastian-coe/index.html   (241 words)

  
 BBC - South Yorkshire Sense of Place - Sebastian Coe
Born in Chiswick, London in 1956, Coe was raised in Sheffield and began his running career when he joined Hallamshire Harriers at the age of 12.
Success quickly followed, and such was Coe’s obvious talent, his father Peter predicted in 1973 that his then teenage son would break the 1500m record by 1980.
In fact, Coe exceeded even his father’s expectations by smashing three world records, including the 1500m, in the space of 41 days in 1979.
bbc.co.uk /southyorkshire/sense_of_place/sy_people/sebastian_coe.shtml   (239 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
Sebastian Coe arrived at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as the world record holder and favourite at 800m.
Coe weakened dramatically in 1983 and finally underwent surgery for removal of a lymph node.
Sebastian Coe is the only male runner to win the Olympic 1,500m twice.
www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=43395   (171 words)

  
 Seb Coe: Running For Office | BBC World Service
Sebastian Coe won four Olympic medals and broke no fewer than 12 world records during his career as a middle distance runner.
When Peter Coe felt that he lacked the right skills for his son’s training he turned to the professionals, the result being that Coe surrounded himself with a team of highly qualified staff and subsequently approached competition with a military precision.
In 1977 Coe became the European indoors 800m champion; in 1980 he was the champion of the Olympic 1500m and took silver at the 800m; in 1981 he set the world 800m record and in 1984 he became the first man to retain the Olympic 1500m title.
www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/people/highlights/001101_coe.shtml   (1161 words)

  
 AOL Live Transcripts
Sebastian Coe: The essential key for anyone wanting to improve their time over 800m is to train for speed endurance, and the use of assistance like 300m on the track will help.
Sebastian Coe: I fared pretty well against athletes like Mike Voit, who was probably the best 800m runner to have come out of Kenya, so I tend not to believe that they are unbeatable super humans, wherever they come from, in track and field.
Sebastian Coe: Some events are clearly stronger than others and there may not be quite the same strengths, but at the highest level the racing has been compelling.
aol.com.au /site/website/aolproducts/aol_live/transcripts/sebcoe.php   (994 words)

  
 Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Coe: by force of personal effort, and by transforming himself, he has revived an Olympic bid that seemed to be at death's door.(profile) (New Statesman (1996))
Sebastian Coe ran off with my wife; But athlete denies he ruined marriage of his blonde lover.
Watching brief: Sebastian Coe's blousy ex-mistress has just blown the whistle on their affair but no one has suggested he should resign as head of London's Olympic bid.
www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0109089.html   (211 words)

  
 Sebastian Coe, Made in Sheffield
In fact Coe sensationally broke three world records, including the 1500m, in 1979 in just 41 days: the 800m and mile in Oslo and the 1500m in Zurich.
This meant Coe was the first man in more than 50 years to set world records at both 800m and 1500m.
Since his last race in September 1989, Coe has pursued a political career, becoming Conservative MP for Falmouth and Camborne in 1992, a Parliamentary Private Secretary in 1994 and a government whip in 1996.
www.made-in-sheffield.com /People/sebastianCoe.htm   (436 words)

  
 T.E.A.M. - Sebastian Newbold Coe OBE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sebastian's career began in 1972 when he became the English Schools 3000m Champion and then in 1976 for his Great Britain International debut.
Sebastian is most famous for his Olympic Games Medals in Moscow in 1980 winning the 1500m Gold and 800m Silver and also in 1984 in Los Angeles where he also won 1500m Gold and the 800m Silver.
Sebastian Coe retired from competitive athletics in 1990.
www.tracyedwards.co.uk /coe.html   (231 words)

  
 Interview: Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Coe, gliding through the foyer of the East India Club in St James's Square, is unmistakable - until he reaches the front desk of this surreal old gentlemen's establishment.
He may also have become Lord Coe but it is gratifying that, rather than nodding off in the upper chamber, he sounds more like a warlord bent on crushing his conniving enemies.
Coe's hardline stance against drugs was shaken by his friendship with Chambers.
www.buzzle.com /editorials/1-25-2004-49833.asp   (605 words)

  
 Sebastian Coe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sebastian Coe won his first National title on July 7th 1973 not over 800m.
Coe won the bronze but Ovett took the silver, in a UK record time of 1min.
Thus began their great battle for supremacy as the World's number one middle distance runner and record-holder which was set alight by Coe's three world records in 1979.
www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=154   (265 words)

  
 Runner's & Triathlete's Web Science of Sport: Sebastian Coe's 800 metres world record is now ...
Sebastian Coe's 800 metres world record is now 14 years old, as is his 1000m record.
If we take Coe's best 400m time of 47secs and compare it to his average 400m time set in his world record of 1:41.73, we see that he ran two laps just under four seconds a lap slower than his best for 400m.
Coe was 5ft 9in tall and weighed 119lbs (1.753m/53.978kg).
www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20050227_PPO_800M.html   (1866 words)

  
 Coe, Sebastian --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Coe won a total of four Olympic medals (1980, 1984) and set eight world records.
From 1992 to 1997 he served as a Conservative member in the House of Commons; in 2000 he was elevated to the House of Lords.
Coe also was involved with several athletic organizations.
concise.britannica.com /ebc/article?tocId=9361074   (768 words)

  
 New Statesman: Watching brief: Sebastian Coe's blousy ex-mistress has just blown the whistle on their affair but no one ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New Statesman: Watching brief: Sebastian Coe's blousy ex-mistress has just blown the whistle on their affair but no one has suggested he should resign as head of London's Olympic bid.
Some wondered why Sebastian Coe would go to such lengths to try to injunct the Mail on Sunday and the Sunday Mirror from running his former mistress Vanessa Lander's story of their affair, which began ten years ago.
But in a clear sign of a changing world, there was no serious questioning of Coe's fitness for the job, nor that he should be forced to stand down because of a two-year-long affair.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4691_133/ai_n6156793   (900 words)

  
 Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe (1956-), Athlete and politician
Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe (1956-), Athlete and politician
He became Conservative MP in 1992, a Parliamentary Private Secretary in 1994 and a government whip in 1996.
In 1997 Coe became Private Secretary to the leader of the Opposition, William Hague.
www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp05170   (184 words)

  
 Sebastian Coe - Two Time Olympic 1500 Meter Gold Medal Winner and Former World Record Holder Available for Interviews ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sebastian Coe - Two Time Olympic 1500 Meter Gold Medal Winner and Former World Record Holder Available for Interviews on
August) Sebastian Coe will be honoured by the IOC as Olympian of the day to
Sebastian Coe, double Olympic 1500m champion (1980 and 1984), will be
www.newratings.com /analyst_news/article_491205.html   (391 words)

  
 Coe, Sebastian --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sebastian Coe celebrating his win in the 1,500-metre race at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles
His great rivalry with fellow Briton Steve Ovett dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.
Coe studied economics and social history at Loughborough University and won his first major race in 1977, an 800-metre event at the European indoor…
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9002631   (809 words)

  
 The Guardian Profile: Sebastian Coe
David Moorcroft, chief executive of UK Athletics and a former rival of Coe, said: "He doesn't like being beaten - he hates it.
Coe Flies the Flag But Paris Holds the Cards
IOC Praises Coe Bid With a Month Left
www.buzzle.com /editorials/5-21-2004-54434.asp   (621 words)

  
 Sebastian Coe of U.K. sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken) August 28 in History
Sebastian Coe of U.K. sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken) August 28 in History
Sebastian Coe of U.K. sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken)
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
www.brainyhistory.com /events/1981/august_28_1981_154129.html   (61 words)

  
 New Statesman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
When Sebastian Coe failed his 11-plus, his father, Peter, took him aside and warned him: "You can either be a secondary-modern drop-out or get down to it and get your O-levels." The young Coe suffered from both eczema and asthma - causes or symptoms, depending on your perspective, of a nervous and sensitive disposition.
Peter Coe had no doubt decided it was time to instil purpose and determination in the boy.
The story is instructive because it belies the aura of confidence that surrounds the man, as well as the perception that life comes.
www.newstatesman.com /Life/200506200020   (276 words)

  
 Sebastian Coe of U.K. sets record for 1K (2:12.18) July 11 in History
Sebastian Coe of U.K. sets record for 1K (2:12.18) July 11 in History
Sebastian Coe of U.K. sets record for 1K (2:12.18)
Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
www.brainyhistory.com /events/1981/july_11_1981_154020.html   (48 words)

  
 Sebastian Coe Health Clubs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Seb Coe Health Clubs know that you visit a health club for various reasons.
Whether you want to work out, relax or meet friends you're guaranteed a warm welcome.
As a Seb Coe member you'll enjoy fitness, member benefits, relaxation, social events and competitions.
www.jarvis.co.uk /health.html   (202 words)

  
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 International Games News April 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In attendance, among others, were former mile world record holders, Sebastian Coe, Derek Ibbotson and Roger Bannister, and one of the pacemakers for Bannisters' race (and Commonwealth Games 3 mile champion in 1954) Chris Chataway.
According to Coe, towards the end of the evening, Derek Ibbotson, began a plea for McWhirter to recreate his famous announcement of Bannisters' result.
When other guests joined in, McWhirter relented, stood up and announced:
www.internationalgames.net /april2004.html   (7478 words)

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