Sebastian Newbold Coe Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Sebastian Newbold Coe, based on 9 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

9 records1979–20057 events4 places

Chronological biography

1979

World Record17 July 1979

Sport / Athletics · Oslo

Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo

1980

Olympic Gold Medal1980

Sport / Athletics · Moscow

Wins the 1500m Olympic Gold Medal

1981

World Record1981

Sport / Athletics

Breaks the 800m World record. Breaks the 1000m World record

1982

MBE1982

Sport / Athletics

Appointed an MBE

1990

Honours1990

Sport / Athletics

Appointed an OBE

1992

Member of Parliament1992

Government / Conservative Party Government · Member of Parliament for Falmouth · Falmouth

Elected Member of Parliament for Falmouth

1997

Member of Parliament1997

Government / Conservative Party Government · Member of Parliament for Falmouth · Falmouth

Coe loses his seat in Falmouth

2000

Peerage2000

Sport / Athletics · Ranmore

Created Baron Coe of Ranmore in the County of Surrey

2005

Olympics6 July 2005

Sport / Athletics

The IOC award the 2012 Olympic games to Britain

Titles and roles

Member of Parliament for Falmouth

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.