Seb coe how many medals

Four years later in Los Angeles he also won silver in the m before becoming the only man to successfully defend the m title. Coe retired from athletics in and two years later was elected as Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne, a seat he held until , when he became Private Secretary to William Hague, the Leader of the Opposition.

In he was appointed a life peer and took the title of Lord Coe of Ranmore. Coe, who is married and has four children, has received numerous honours throughout his career. He led London to victory over Paris, with many pointing to his rousing speech at the vote in Singapore as the decisive moment. Despite early public cynicism, Coe helped win over the media and London went on to host a phenomenally successful Olympic Games, with Coe at the helm. Following the games, Coe was elected Chairman of the British Olympic Association - a post he held until Packing his speeches with anecdotes from his time as an Olympic athlete, an MP, his chairmanship of London , his turnaround of the British Olympic Association and his presidency of the IAAF through troubled times, Lord Coe demonstrates to audiences his political and strategic expertise in guiding large organisations on the global stage.

His themes include leadership, collaboration, crisis management, building resilience, handling change and challenging the status quo. Lord Coe believes in creating a clear, strong vision for an organisation - a simple, transferable set of values which are adhered to at every moment and by every employee whatever their role. This vision, he contends, is key in times of change and turbulence.

Throughout his career Lord Coe has found success by leading from the front to make vision a reality. Lord Coe brings energy, passion and innovation to all his work - qualities which captivate his audiences the world over. Coe, who is married with four children, has received numerous honours throughout his life. He never competed in a World Championships missing and and while his career straddled four Commonwealth Games, he missed the first in to concentrate on the Europeans, missed due to illness, was ill again in and missed the final and in was again ill and trailed in sixth after being in good form a few weeks before.

He also missed the Olympics which still perplexes but that was most definitely not his choice. Illness at the trials did not help and cost him a chance to go for three m consecutive golds when he was clearly fit enough to at least challenge seriously for a medal. He was selected for the m but his selection was inexplicably narrowly overturned by the BAAB to allow Peter Elliott to double.

Coe had easily beaten the future Olympic m champion Paul Ereng in July and in August, when healthy again, he ran He proved to many he could have won the Olympic m with his World Cup run the following year given his big race preparation record. Below are what I have chosen as his 10 best races.

They are so good there is no room for many of his world records and certainly none of his five Olympic and European silver medals. Additionally, as part of this series, I have listed details of over of his memorable races between and While his track races in his momentous career have been well documented, it took a lot more delving to get some of his road race results which often appeared in AW months after they happened. Hopefully the list contains the best of Coe but please email steve.

Note, while some of his career highlights are available on the AW website, you will need to be a magazine subscriber and Clubhouse member click here to log in to read all of them.

Click here to read. Available for AW subscribers in the Clubhouse here. In the m after a The fast time was even more notable considering the first lap was a cautious Scott was not in the same shape as his world silver medal form of and as he slowed he was overtaken by Jose Abascal just before m and the Spaniard led at the bell With m to go just as Cram made a move, Coe responded and kicked ahead to go three metres clear on the bend and then kick even faster in the straight, holding his form magnificently, to more than double his margin.

His last lap was Cram was not at his fittest after injury but was a clear second in The first m was a slow Ovett, unable to raise himself after his m win, was a well beaten third When Alberto Juantorena broke the world record in both That all changed on a perfect Norwegian night when Coe was merely hoping to break in a year he was more focussed on achieving a degree.

The third m though was exceptionally fast as after pacemaker Lennie Smith dropped out, Coe blasted down the backstraight to hit m in While he could not possibly keep that tempo up, he showed no signs of tying up and he stunned the crowd and himself as he took a whole second off the previous record with a The record had fallen by just 0.